Then answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Zophar{H6691} the Naamathite{H5284}, and said{H559}{(H8799)},

Therefore do my thoughts{H5587} cause me to answer{H7725}{(H8686)}, and for this I make haste{H2363}{(H8800)}.

I have heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the check{H4148} of my reproach{H3639}, and the spirit{H7307} of my understanding{H998} causeth me to answer{H6030}{(H8799)}.

Knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} thou not this of old{H5703}, since man{H120} was placed{H7760}{(H8800)} upon earth{H776},

That the triumphing{H7445} of the wicked{H7563} is short{H7138}, and the joy{H8057} of the hypocrite{H2611} but for a moment{H7281}?

Though his excellency{H7863} mount up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the heavens{H8064}, and his head{H7218} reach{H5060}{(H8686)} unto the clouds{H5645};

Yet he shall perish{H6}{(H8799)} for ever{H5331} like his own dung{H1561}: they which have seen{H7200}{(H8802)} him shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, Where{H335} is he?

He shall fly away{H5774}{(H8799)} as a dream{H2472}, and shall not be found{H4672}{(H8799)}: yea, he shall be chased away{H5074}{(H8714)} as a vision{H2384} of the night{H3915}.

The eye{H5869} also which saw{H7805}{(H8804)} him shall see him no more{H3254}{(H8686)}; neither shall his place{H4725} any more behold{H7789}{(H8799)} him.

His children{H1121} shall seek to please{H7521}{(H8762)} the poor{H1800}, and his hands{H3027} shall restore{H7725}{(H8686)} their goods{H202}.

His bones{H6106} are full{H4390}{(H8804)} of the sin of his youth{H5934}, which shall lie down{H7901}{(H8799)} with him in the dust{H6083}.

Though wickedness{H7451} be sweet{H4985}{(H8686)} in his mouth{H6310}, though he hide{H3582}{(H8686)} it under his tongue{H3956};

Though he spare{H2550}{(H8799)} it, and forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} it not; but keep it still{H4513}{(H8799)} within{H8432} his mouth{H2441}:

Yet his meat{H3899} in his bowels{H4578} is turned{H2015}{(H8738)}, it is the gall{H4846} of asps{H6620} within{H7130} him.

He hath swallowed down{H1104}{(H8804)} riches{H2428}, and he shall vomit them up again{H6958}{(H8686)}: God{H410} shall cast them out{H3423}{(H8686)} of his belly{H990}.

He shall suck{H3243}{(H8799)} the poison{H7219} of asps{H6620}: the viper's{H660} tongue{H3956} shall slay{H2026}{(H8799)} him.

He shall not see{H7200}{(H8799)} the rivers{H6390}, the floods{H5104}, the brooks{H5158} of honey{H1706} and butter{H2529}.

That which he laboured{H3022} for shall he restore{H7725}{(H8688)}, and shall not swallow it down{H1104}{(H8799)}: according to his substance{H2428} shall the restitution{H8545} be, and he shall not rejoice{H5965}{(H8799)} therein.

Because he hath oppressed{H7533}{(H8765)} and hath forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the poor{H1800}; because he hath violently taken away{H1497}{(H8804)} an house{H1004} which he builded{H1129}{(H8799)} not;

Surely he shall not feel{H3045}{(H8804)} quietness{H7961} in his belly{H990}, he shall not save{H4422}{(H8762)} of that which he desired{H2530}{(H8803)}.

There shall none of his meat{H400} be left{H8300}; therefore shall no man look{H2342}{(H8799)} for his goods{H2898}.

In the fulness{H4390}{(H8800)}{(H8675)}{H4390}{(H8763)} of his sufficiency{H5607} he shall be in straits{H3334}{(H8799)}: every hand{H3027} of the wicked{H6001} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} upon him.

When he is about to fill{H4390}{(H8763)} his belly{H990}, God shall cast{H7971}{(H8762)} the fury{H2740} of his wrath{H639} upon him, and shall rain{H4305}{(H8686)} it upon him while he is eating{H3894}.

He shall flee{H1272}{(H8799)} from the iron{H1270} weapon{H5402}, and the bow{H7198} of steel{H5154} shall strike him through{H2498}{(H8799)}.

It is drawn{H8025}{(H8804)}, and cometh out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the body{H1465}; yea, the glittering sword{H1300} cometh out{H1980}{(H8799)} of his gall{H4846}: terrors{H367} are upon him.

All darkness{H2822} shall be hid{H2934}{(H8803)} in his secret places{H6845}{(H8803)}: a fire{H784} not blown{H5301}{(H8795)} shall consume{H398}{(H8762)} him; it shall go ill{H3415}{(H8799)} with him that is left{H8300} in his tabernacle{H168}.

The heaven{H8064} shall reveal{H1540}{(H8762)} his iniquity{H5771}; and the earth{H776} shall rise up{H6965}{(H8693)} against him.

The increase{H2981} of his house{H1004} shall depart{H1540}{(H8799)}, and his goods shall flow away{H5064}{(H8737)} in the day{H3117} of his wrath{H639}.

This is the portion{H2506} of a wicked{H7563} man{H120} from God{H430}, and the heritage{H5159} appointed{H561} unto him by God{H410}.