Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2 I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.
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"Pay attention! My thoughts urge me to answer, because of the agitation within me.
3 I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
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I hear censure that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.
4 Hast thou known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
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Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,
5 But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
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that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
6 although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
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Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,
7 For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
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they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, "Where are they?'
8 Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
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They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye has looked upon him, but shall not again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
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The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.
10 Let inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
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Their children will seek the favor of the poor, and their hands will give back their wealth.
11 His bones have been filled with his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Their bodies, once full of youth, will lie down in the dust with them.
12 Though evil be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue;
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"Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth, though they hide it under their tongues,
13 though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
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though they are loath to let it go, and hold it in their mouths,
14 yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
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yet their food is turned in their stomachs; it is the venom of asps within them.
15 wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger shall drag him out of his house.
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They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.
16 And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.
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They will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill them.
17 Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
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They will not look on the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.
18 He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, wealth of which he shall not taste: as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
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They will give back the fruit of their toil, and will not swallow it down; from the profit of their trading they will get no enjoyment.
19 For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built not.
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For they have crushed and abandoned the poor, they have seized a house that they did not build.
20 There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.
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"They knew no quiet in their bellies; in their greed they let nothing escape.
21 There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.
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There was nothing left after they had eaten; therefore their prosperity will not endure.
22 But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
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In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.
23 If by any means he would fill his belly, let send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
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To fill their belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into them, and rain it upon them as their food.
24 And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.
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They will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike them through.
25 And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.
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It is drawn forth and comes out of their body, and the glittering point comes out of their gall; terrors come upon them.
26 And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.
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Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.
27 And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.
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The heavens will reveal their iniquity, and the earth will rise up against them.
28 Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
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The possessions of their house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.
29 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods by the all-seeing .
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This is the portion of the wicked from God, the heritage decreed for them by God."
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