1
Then
answered Zophar the
Naamathite, and
said,
r;ma{Y;w yit'm][;N;h r;p{c !;[;Y;w
2
Therefore do my
thoughts cause me to
answer, and for this I make
haste.
yib yiv.Wx r.Wb][;b.W yin.Wbyiv.y y;Pi[.f !ek'l
3
I have
heard the
check of my
reproach, and the
spirit of my
understanding causeth me to
answer.
yinen][;y yit'nyiBim ;x.Wr.w ['m.v,a yit'Mil.K r;s.Wm
4
Knowest thou not this of
old, since
man was
placed upon
earth,
#,r'a -yel][ ~'d'a ~yif yiNim d;[ -yiNim 'T.[;d'y ta{z]h
5
That the
triumphing of the
wicked is
short, and the
joy of the
hypocrite but for a
moment?
[;g'r -yed][ @en'x t;x.mif.w bw{r'Qim ~yi['v.r t;n.nir yiK
6
Though his
excellency mount
up to the
heavens, and his
head reach unto the
clouds;
;[yiG;y b'['l w{va{r.w w{ayif ~Iy;m'V;l h,l][;y -mia
7
Yet he shall
perish for
ever like his own
dung: they which have
seen him shall
say,
Where is he?
w{Y;a .Wr.ma{y wy'a{r deba{y x;c,n'l w{l]l,g.K
8
He shall fly
away as a
dream, and shall not be
found: yea, he shall be chased
away as a
vision of the
night.
!w{y.z,x.K d;DUy.w .Wh.Wa'c.mIy a{l.w @.W['y ~w{l]x;K ? h'l.y'l
9
The
eye also which
saw him shall see him no
more; neither shall his
place any more
behold him.
.WN,r.Wv.T dw{[ -a{l.w @yisw{t a{l.w .WT;p'z.v !Iy;[ ? w{mw{q.m
10
His
children shall seek to
please the
poor, and his
hands shall
restore their
goods.
w{nw{a h'n.bev'T wy'd'y.w ~yiL;d .WC;r.y wy'n'B
11
His
bones are
full of the sin of his
youth, which shall lie
down with him in the
dust.
r'p'[ -l;[ w{Mi[.w w{m.Wl][ .Wa.l'm wy'tw{m.c;[ ? b'K.viT
12
Though
wickedness be
sweet in his
mouth, though he
hide it under his
tongue;
t;x;T h'N,dyix.k;y h'['r wyip.B qyiT.m;T -mia ? w{nw{v.l
13
Though he
spare it, and
forsake it not; but keep it
still within his
mouth:
.$w{t.B h'N,['n.mIy.w h'N,b.z;[;y a{l.w 'hy,l'[ l{m.x;y ? w{Kix
14
Yet his
meat in his
bowels is
turned, it is the
gall of
asps within him.
w{B.riq.B ~yin't.P t;rw{r.m .$'P.h,n wy'[em.B w{m.x;l
15
He hath swallowed
down riches, and he shall vomit them up
again:
God shall cast them
out of his
belly.
lea ].WN,virw{y w{n.jiBim .WN,aiq.y;w [;l'B lIy;x
16
He shall
suck the
poison of
asps: the
viper's tongue shall
slay him.
h,[.p,a !w{v.l .Wheg.r;h;T q'nyIy ~yin't.P -va{r
17
He shall not
see the
rivers, the
floods, the
brooks of
honey and
butter.
h'a.m,x.w v;b.D yel]x;n yer]h;n tw{G;l.pib a,rey -l;a
18
That which he
laboured for shall he
restore, and shall not swallow it
down: according to his
substance shall the
restitution be, and he shall not
rejoice therein.
a{l.w w{t'r.Wm.T lyex.K ['l.bIy a{l.w ['g'y byivem ? s{l][;y
19
Because he hath
oppressed and hath
forsaken the
poor; because he hath violently taken
away an
house which he
builded not;
.When,bIy a{l.w l;z'G tIy;B ~yiL;D b;z'[ #;Cir -yiK
20
Surely he shall not
feel quietness in his
belly, he shall not
save of that which he
desired.
a{l w{d.Wm]x;B w{n.jib.B wel'v [;d'y -a{l yiK ? jeL;m.y
21
There shall none of his
meat be
left; therefore shall no man
look for his
goods.
lyix'y -a{l !eK -l;[ w{l.k'a.l dyir'f -nyea ? w{b.Wj
22
In the
fulness of his
sufficiency he shall be in
straits: every
hand of the
wicked shall
come upon him.
.WN,aw{b.T lem'[ d;y -l'K w{l r,cey w{q.pif twa{l.miB
23
When he is about to
fill his
belly, God shall
cast the
fury of his
wrath upon him, and shall
rain it upon him while he is
eating.
w{P;a !w{r]x w{B -x;L;v.y w{n.jib aeL;m.l yih.y ? w{m.Wx.liB w{myel'[ rej.m;y.w
24
He shall
flee from the
iron weapon, and the
bow of
steel shall strike him
through.
h'v.Wx.n t,v,q .Whep.l.x;T l,z.r;B q,veNim x;r.bIy
25
It is
drawn, and cometh
out of the
body; yea, the glittering
sword cometh
out of his
gall: terrors are upon him.
.${l]h;y w{t'r{r.Mim q'r'b.W h'weGim aeceY;w @;l'v ? ~yimea wy'l'[
26
All
darkness shall be
hid in his secret
places: a
fire not
blown shall
consume him; it shall go
ill with him that is
left in his
tabernacle.
vea .Whel.k'a.T ]wy'n.WP.cil !.Wm'j .$,v{x -l'K ? w{l\h'a.B dyir'f [;rey x'PUn -a{l
27
The
heaven shall
reveal his
iniquity; and the
earth shall rise
up against him.
w{l h'm'mw{q.tim #,r,a.w w{n{w][ ~Iy;m'v .WL;g.y
28
The
increase of his
house shall
depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the
day of his
wrath.
w{P;a ~w{y.B tw{r'Gin w{tyeB l.Wb.y l,gIy
29
This is the
portion of a
wicked man from
God, and the
heritage appointed unto him by
God.
w{r.mia t;l]x;n.w ~yih{l/aem ['v'r ~'d'a -q,lex h,z ? leaem