Job 20

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

1And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

1Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

2Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.

2For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.

3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

3The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:

3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

4Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

4This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?

4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

5That the singing of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

6Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike--

6Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

7As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where <FI>is<Fi> he?'

7Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

8He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

9The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.

9The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him.

10His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

10His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

10His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.

11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

11His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

12Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

13Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

13Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

14His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps <FI>is<Fi> in his heart.

14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

15Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

15He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.

16Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.

16He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

17He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

17Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

18He is giving back <FI>what<Fi> he laboured for, And doth not consume <FI>it<Fi> ; As a bulwark <FI>is<Fi> his exchange, and he exults not.

18He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

19For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

19Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

20For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

21There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

21There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.

21He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

22In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

22Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

23When he is about to fill his belly, Godwill cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

23It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.

23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

24He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

24He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

25One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him <FI>are<Fi> terrors.

25He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.

26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

27Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

27The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

28The increase of his house shall depart; His goodsshall flow away in the day of his wrath.

28Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

28The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

29This <FI>is<Fi> the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.

29This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.