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Zophar
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Zophar: Triumph of the Wicked Short-lived
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.
because I am greatly disturbed.
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
that the mirth of the wicked is brief,
the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens
and his head touches the clouds,
and his head touches the clouds,
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
he will perish forever, like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
banished like a vision of the night.
banished like a vision of the night.
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.
his place will look on him no more.
The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
his own hands must give back his wealth.
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
The youthful vigor that fills his bones
will lie with him in the dust.
will lie with him in the dust.
His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
and he hides it under his tongue,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,
and lets it linger in his mouth,
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;
it will become the venom of serpents within him.
it will become the venom of serpents within him.
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
He will spit out the riches he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit them up.
God will make his stomach vomit them up.
He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He will suck the poison of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
he has seized houses he did not build.
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
“Surely he will have no respite from his craving;
he cannot save himself by his treasure.
he cannot save himself by his treasure.
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.
his prosperity will not endure.
Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;
the full force of misery will come upon him.
the full force of misery will come upon him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
When he has filled his belly,
God will vent his burning anger against him
and rain down his blows on him.
God will vent his burning anger against him
and rain down his blows on him.
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
Though he flees from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him;
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him;
He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.
the earth will rise up against him.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.