Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked 1 ULT And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 ULT “Therefore my thoughts turn me back, because of my urgency in me. BSB BSB: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
3 ULT I hear a rebuke of dishonor to 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 ULT Do you{ not} know this from long ago, from the placing of man upon the earth, BSB BSB: Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
5 ULT that the triumph of the wicked{ is} from near, and the joy of the godless{ is} for a moment? BSB BSB: the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 ULT Though his height rises to the skies and his head reaches to the cloud, BSB BSB: Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 ULT he will perish forever like his dung. The ones having 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 ULT He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and 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 ULT The eye{ that} saw him will not continue, and his place will no longer observe him. BSB BSB: The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
10 ULT His children will recompense the poor, and his hands will return his wealth. BSB BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
11 ULT His bones are full of vigor, 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 ULT Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth, he hides it under his tongue, BSB BSB: Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
13 ULT he has pity on it and does not forsake it but keeps it in the midst of his palate, BSB BSB: though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 ULT his food changes in his bowels;{ it becomes} the bitterness of asps inside him. BSB BSB: yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 ULT He swallows wealth, but he will vomit it; God will expel it from his belly. BSB BSB: He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 ULT He will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of the viper will kill him. BSB BSB: He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 ULT He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers of torrents of honey and butter. BSB BSB: He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 ULT He will return{ his} gain and will not consume{ it}, and he will not have enjoyment according to the wealth of his commerce. BSB BSB: He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 ULT For he has oppressed, he has forsaken the poor; he has seized a house and he did not build it. BSB BSB: For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 ULT Because he has not known satisfaction in his belly, he will not rescue{ any} desired{ thing} of his. BSB BSB: Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 ULT There is no remnant for his eating; therefore his prosperity does not endure. BSB BSB: Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
22 ULT In the filling of his wealth it will become narrow to him; every hand of the troubling 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 ULT He will be{ about} to fill his belly, he will send the burning of his nose against him, and he will rain{ it} upon him in his 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 ULT He flees from a weapon of iron, a bow of bronze pierces him. BSB BSB: Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
25 ULT He pulls, and it comes out of his back, and the gleaming goes out of his liver. Terrors{ are} upon him! BSB BSB: It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 ULT All darkness is hidden for his treasured{ things}; a fire not blown will devour him; it will consume the remnant 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 ULT The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will raise itself up against him. BSB BSB: The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 ULT The wealth of his house will depart, flowing away on the day of his nose. BSB BSB: The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
29 ULT This{ is} the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage of his appointment from God.” BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
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