Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked 1 UEB Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 UEB "My thoughts make me answer quickly because of the worry that is in me. BSB BSB: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
3 UEB I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, but a spirit from my understanding answers me. BSB BSB: I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
4 UEB Do you not know this fact from ancient times, when God placed man on earth: BSB BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 UEB the triumph of a wicked man is short, and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment? BSB BSB: the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 UEB Though his height reaches up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, BSB BSB: Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 UEB yet such a person will perish permanently like his own feces; those who have seen him will 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 UEB He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; indeed, he will be chased away like 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 UEB The eye that saw him will see him no more; his place will see him no longer. BSB BSB: The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 UEB His children will apologize to poor people; his hands will have to give back his wealth. BSB BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 UEB His bones are full of youthful strength, but it will 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 UEB Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth, although he hides it under his tongue, BSB BSB: Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 UEB although he holds it there and does not let it go but keeps it still in his mouth— BSB BSB: though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 UEB the food in his intestines turns bitter; it becomes the poison of asps inside him. BSB BSB: yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 UEB He swallows down riches, but he will vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his stomach. BSB BSB: He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 UEB He will suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue will kill him. BSB BSB: He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 UEB He will not enjoy the streams, the torrents of honey and butter. BSB BSB: He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 UEB He will give back the fruit of his labor and will not be able to eat it; he will not enjoy the wealth earned by his commerce. BSB BSB: He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 UEB For he has oppressed and neglected poor people; he has violently taken away houses that he did not build. BSB BSB: For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 UEB Because he has known no satisfaction himself, he will not be able to save anything in which he takes pleasure. BSB BSB: Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 UEB There is nothing left that he did not devour; therefore his prosperity will not be permanent. BSB BSB: Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
22 UEB In the abundance of his wealth he will fall into trouble; the hand of everyone who is in poverty will come against him. BSB BSB: In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 UEB When he is about to fill his stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; God will rain it down 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 UEB Although that man will flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze will shoot him. BSB BSB: Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
25 UEB He pulls it out of his back and the gleaming point comes out of his liver. Terrors come over him. BSB BSB: It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 UEB Complete darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; it will consume what is left in his tent. BSB BSB: Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27 UEB The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him as a witness. BSB BSB: The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 UEB The wealth of his house will vanish; his goods will flow away on the day of God's wrath. BSB BSB: The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
29 UEB This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage reserved for him by God." BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
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