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1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
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1. Then answered H6030 Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284 , and said H559 ,
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2. "My troubled thoughts cause me to answer, because I am very upset.
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2. Therefore H3651 do my thoughts H5587 cause me to answer H7725 , and for H5668 this I make haste H2363 .
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3. You correct me and I am insulted, but I understand how to answer you.
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3. I have heard H8085 the check H4148 of my reproach H3639 , and the spirit H7307 of my understanding H4480 H998 causeth me to answer H6030 .
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4. "You know how it has been for a long time, ever since people were first put on the earth.
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4. Knowest H3045 thou not this H2063 of H4480 old H5703 , since H4480 man H120 was placed H7760 upon H5921 earth H776 ,
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5. The happiness of evil people is brief, and the joy of the wicked lasts only a moment.
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5. That H3588 the triumphing H7445 of the wicked H7563 is short H4480 H7138 , and the joy H8057 of the hypocrite H2611 but for H5704 a moment H7281 ?
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6. Their pride may be as high as the heavens, and their heads may touch the clouds,
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6. Though H518 his excellency H7863 mount up H5927 to the heavens H8064 , and his head H7218 reach H5060 unto the clouds H5645 ;
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7. but they will be gone forever, like their own dung. People who knew them will say, 'Where are they?'
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7. Yet he shall perish H6 forever H5331 like his own dung H1561 : they which have seen H7200 him shall say H559 , Where H335 is he?
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8. They will fly away like a dream and not be found again; they will be chased away like a vision in the night.
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8. He shall fly away H5774 as a dream H2472 , and shall not H3808 be found H4672 : yea , he shall be chased away H5074 as a vision H2384 of the night H3915 .
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9. Those who saw them will not see them again; the places where they lived will see them no more.
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9. The eye H5869 also which saw H7805 him shall see him no H3808 more H3254 ; neither H3808 shall his place H4725 any more H5750 behold H7789 him.
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10. Their children will have to pay back the poor, and they will have to give up their wealth.
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10. His children H1121 shall seek to please H7521 the poor H1800 , and his hands H3027 shall restore H7725 their goods H202 .
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11. They had the strength of their youth in their bones, but it will lie with them in the dust of death.
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11. His bones H6106 are full H4390 of the sin of his youth H5934 , which shall lie down H7901 with H5973 him in H5921 the dust H6083 .
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12. "Evil may taste sweet in their mouths, and they may hide it under their tongues.
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12. Though H518 wickedness H7451 be sweet H4985 in his mouth H6310 , though he hide H3582 it under H8478 his tongue H3956 ;
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13. They cannot stand to let go of it; they keep it in their mouths.
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13. Though he spare H2550 H5921 it , and forsake H5800 it not H3808 ; but keep it still H4513 within H8432 his mouth H2441 :
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14. But their food will turn sour in their stomachs, like the poison of a snake inside them.
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14. Yet his meat H3899 in his bowels H4578 is turned H2015 , it is the gall H4846 of asps H6620 within H7130 him.
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15. They have swallowed riches, but they will spit them out; God will make them vomit their riches up.
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15. He hath swallowed down H1104 riches H2428 , and he shall vomit them up again H6958 : God H410 shall cast them out H3423 of H4480 his belly H990 .
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16. They will suck the poison of snakes, and the snake's fangs will kill them.
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16. He shall suck H3243 the poison H7219 of asps H6620 : the viper H660 's tongue H3956 shall slay H2026 him.
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17. They will not admire the sparkling streams or the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
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17. He shall not H408 see H7200 the rivers H6390 , the floods H5104 , the brooks H5158 of honey H1706 and butter H2529 .
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18. They must give back what they worked for without eating it; they will not enjoy the money they made from their trading,
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18. That which he labored for H3022 shall he restore H7725 , and shall not H3808 swallow it down H1104 : according to his substance H2428 shall the restitution H8545 be , and he shall not H3808 rejoice H5965 therein .
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19. because they troubled the poor and left them with nothing. They have taken houses they did not build.
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19. Because H3588 he hath oppressed H7533 and hath forsaken H5800 the poor H1800 ; because he hath violently taken away H1497 a house H1004 which he built H1129 not H3808 ;
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20. "Evil people never lack an appetite, and nothing escapes their selfishness.
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20. Surely H3588 he shall not H3808 feel H3045 quietness H7961 in his belly H990 , he shall not H3808 save H4422 of that which he desired H2530 .
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21. But nothing will be left for them to eat; their riches will not continue.
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21. There shall none H369 of his meat H400 be left H8300 ; therefore H3651 H5921 shall no H3808 man look H2342 for his goods H2898 .
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22. When they still have plenty, trouble will catch up to them, and great misery will come down on them.
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22. In the fullness H4390 of his sufficiency H5607 he shall be in straits H3334 : every H3605 hand H3027 of the wicked H6001 shall come H935 upon him.
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23. When the wicked fill their stomachs, God will send his burning anger against them, and blows of punishment will fall on them like rain.
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23. When he H1961 is about to fill H4390 his belly H990 , God shall cast H7971 the fury H2740 of his wrath H639 upon him , and shall rain H4305 it upon H5921 him while he is eating H3894 .
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24. The wicked may run away from an iron weapon, but a bronze arrow will stab them.
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24. He shall flee H1272 from the iron H1270 weapon H4480 H5402 , and the bow H7198 of steel H5154 shall strike him through H2498 .
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25. They will pull the arrows out of their backs and pull the points out of their livers. Terrors will come over them;
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25. It is drawn H8025 , and cometh out H3318 of the body H4480 H1465 ; yea , the glittering sword H1300 cometh H1980 out of his gall H4480 H4846 : terrors H367 are upon H5921 him.
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26. total darkness waits for their treasure. A fire not fanned by people will destroy them and burn up what is left of their tents.
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26. All H3605 darkness H2822 shall be hid H2934 in his secret places H6845 : a fire H784 not H3808 blown H5301 shall consume H398 him ; it shall go ill H7489 with him that is left H8300 in his tabernacle H168 .
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27. The heavens will show their guilt, and the earth will rise up against them.
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27. The heaven H8064 shall reveal H1540 his iniquity H5771 ; and the earth H776 shall rise up H6965 against him.
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28. A flood will carry their houses away, swept away on the day of God's anger.
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28. The increase H2981 of his house H1004 shall depart H1540 , and his goods shall flow away H5064 in the day H3117 of his wrath H639 .
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29. This is what God plans for evil people; this is what he has decided they will receive."
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29. This H2088 is the portion H2506 of a wicked H7563 man H120 from God H4480 H430 , and the heritage H5159 appointed H561 unto him by God H4480 H410 .
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