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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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2 "Pay attention! My thoughts urge me to answer, because of the agitation within me.
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2 "My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
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3 I hear censure that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.
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3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
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4 Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,
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4 "Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth,
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5 that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
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5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
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6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,
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6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
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7 they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, "Where are they?'
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7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
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