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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Zophar from Naamath again took his turn:
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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
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"I can't believe what I'm hearing! You've put my teeth on edge, my stomach in a knot.
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"My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
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"Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.
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"I must reply because I am greatly disturbed.
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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How dare you insult my intelligence like this! Well, here's a piece of my mind!
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I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
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I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
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I have had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply.
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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"Don't you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth?
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"Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since man was placed on the earth,
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"Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,
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"Don't you realize that ever since people were first placed on the earth,
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary.
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that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
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the triumph of the wicked has been short-lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade,
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Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
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Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds,
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Though the godless man's pride reaches to the heavens and though his head touches the clouds,
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, "What's that?'
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he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
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Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, "Where is he?'
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yet he will perish forever, thrown away like his own dung. Those who knew him will ask, `Where is he?'
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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They fly off like a dream that can't be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light.
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Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
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He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
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He will fade like a dream and not be found. He will vanish like a vision in the night.
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The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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Though once notorious public figures, now they're nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go.
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The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.
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The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.
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Neither his friends nor his family will ever see him again.
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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Their children will go begging on skid row, and they'll have to give back their ill-gotten gain.
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His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
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His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.
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His children will beg from the poor, for he must give back his ill-gotten wealth.
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His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they'll die.
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The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
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His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.
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He was just a young man, but his bones will lie in the dust.
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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"They savor evil as a delicacy, roll it around on their tongues,
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"Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
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"Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,
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"He enjoyed the taste of his wickedness, letting it melt under his tongue.
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Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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Prolong the flavor, a dalliance in decadence--real gourmets of evil!
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though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
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Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,
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He savored it, holding it long in his mouth.
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Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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But then they get stomach cramps, a bad case of food poisoning.
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yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
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Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.
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But suddenly, the food he has eaten turns sour within him, a poisonous venom in his stomach.
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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They gag on all that rich food; God makes them vomit it up.
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He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.
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He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
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He will vomit the wealth he swallowed. God won't let him keep it down.
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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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They gorge on evil, make a diet of that poison--a deadly diet--and it kills them.
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He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
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He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue will slay him.
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He will suck the poison of snakes. The viper will kill him.
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He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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No quiet picnics for them beside gentle streams with fresh-baked bread and cheese, and tall, cool drinks.
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He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
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He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
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He will never again enjoy abundant streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey.
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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.
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They spit out their food half-chewed, unable to relax and enjoy anything they've worked for.
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What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
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He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.
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His labors will not be rewarded. His wealth will bring him no joy.
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Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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And why? Because they exploited the poor, took what never belonged to them.
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For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
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For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
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For he oppressed the poor and left them destitute. He foreclosed on their homes.
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Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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"Such God--denying people are never content with what they have or who they are; their greed drives them relentlessly.
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"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
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"Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.
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He was always greedy but never satisfied. Of all the things he dreamed about, nothing remains.
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There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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They plunder everything but they can't hold on to any of it.
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Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.
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Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.
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Nothing is left after he finishes gorging himself; therefore, his prosperity will not endure.
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
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Just when they think they have it all, disaster strikes; they're served up a plate full of misery.
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In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
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In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
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"In the midst of plenty, he will run into trouble, and disasters will destroy him.
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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.
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When they've filled their bellies with that, God gives them a taste of his anger, and they get to chew on that for a while.
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When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows upon him.
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When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.
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May God give him a bellyful of trouble. May God rain down his anger upon him.
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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As they run for their lives from one disaster, they run smack into another.
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Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
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He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.
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He will try to escape, but God's arrow will pierce him.
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It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
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They're knocked around from pillar to post, beaten to within an inch of their lives. They're trapped in a house of horrors,
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He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;
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It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;
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The arrow is pulled from his body, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon him.
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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.
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and see their loot disappear down a black hole. Their lives are a total loss--not a penny to their name, not so much as a bean.
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total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
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Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
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"His treasures will be lost in deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour his goods, consuming all he has left.
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The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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God will strip them of their sin-soaked clothes and hang their dirty laundry out for all to see.
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The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
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The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
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The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will give testimony against him.
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The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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Life is a complete wipeout for them, nothing surviving God's wrath.
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A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.
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The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.
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A flood will sweep away his house. God's anger will descend on him in torrents.
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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There! That's God's blueprint for the wicked--what they have to look forward to." Job's Response Why Do the Wicked Have It So Good?
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Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God."
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This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God."
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This is the fate that awaits the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God."
