Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked 1 AKJV Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 AKJV Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. BSB BSB: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
3 AKJV I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. BSB BSB: I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
4 AKJV Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth, BSB BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 AKJV That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? BSB BSB: the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 AKJV Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; BSB BSB: Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 AKJV Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? BSB BSB: he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 AKJV He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. BSB BSB: He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9 AKJV The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. BSB BSB: The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 AKJV His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. BSB BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 AKJV His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. BSB BSB: The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
12 AKJV Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; BSB BSB: Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 AKJV Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: BSB BSB: though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 AKJV Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. BSB BSB: yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 AKJV He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. BSB BSB: He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 AKJV He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. BSB BSB: He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 AKJV He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. BSB BSB: He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 AKJV That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. BSB BSB: He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 AKJV Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; BSB BSB: For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 AKJV Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. BSB BSB: Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 AKJV There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. BSB BSB: Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
22 AKJV In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him. BSB BSB: In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 AKJV When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath on him, and shall rain it on him while he is eating. BSB BSB: When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
24 AKJV He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. BSB BSB: Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
25 AKJV It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are on him. BSB BSB: It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 AKJV All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. BSB BSB: Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27 AKJV The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. BSB BSB: The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 AKJV The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. BSB BSB: The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
29 AKJV This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
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