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| 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
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2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me,
Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame;
And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
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4 Knowest thou not this of old time,
Since man was placed upon earth,
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5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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6 Though his height mount up to the heavens,
And his head reach unto the clouds;
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7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
Yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more;
Neither shall his place any more behold him.
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10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands shall give back his wealth.
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11 His bones are full of his youth,
But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
Though he hide it under his tongue,
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13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go,
But keep it still within his mouth;
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14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned,
It is the gall of asps within him.
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15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again;
God will cast them out of his belly.
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16 He shall suck the poison of asps:
The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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17 He shall not look upon the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter.
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18 That 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.
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19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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20 Because he knoweth no quietness within him,
He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
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21 There was nothing left that he devoured not;
Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
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23 When he is about to fill his belly,
God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him,
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
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24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
And the bow of copper shall strike him through.
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25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;
Yes, the glittering point cometh out of his gall:
Terrors are upon him.
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26 All 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.
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27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
And the earth shall rise up against him.
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28 The increase of his house shall depart;
His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the heritage appointed unto him by God. |
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