Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.
“My thoughts make me answer quickly because of the worry that is in me.
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, but a spirit from my understanding answers me.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Do you not know this fact from ancient times, when God placed man on earth:
5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
the triumph of a wicked man is short, and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Though his height reaches up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,
7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
yet such a person will perish permanently like his own feces; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
8 He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; indeed, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
The eye that saw him will see him no more; his place will see him no longer.
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
His children will apologize to poor people; his hands will have to give back his wealth.
11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
His bones are full of youthful strength, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
12 When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,
Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth, although he hides it under his tongue,
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
although he holds it there and does not let it go but keeps it still in his mouth—
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
the food in his intestines turns bitter; it becomes the poison of asps inside him.
15 He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
He swallows down riches, but he will vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his stomach.
16 He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
He will suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue will kill him.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
He will not enjoy the streams, the torrents of honey and butter.
18 He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.
He will give back the fruit of his labor and will not be able to eat it; he will not enjoy the wealth earned by his commerce.
19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
For he has oppressed and neglected poor people; he has violently taken away houses that he did not build.
20 Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.
Because he has known no satisfaction himself, he will not be able to save anything in which he takes pleasure.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
There is nothing left that he did not devour; therefore his prosperity will not be permanent.
22 When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
In the abundance of his wealth he will fall into trouble; the hand of everyone who is in poverty will come against him.
23 He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.
When he is about to fill his stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him; God will rain it down on him while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
Although that man will flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze will shoot him.
25 The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, and shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.
He pulls it out of his back and the gleaming point comes out of his liver. Terrors come over him.
26 All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.
Complete darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; it will consume what is left in his tent.
27 The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him as a witness.
28 The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The wealth of his house will vanish; his goods will flow away on the day of God's wrath.
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.
This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage reserved for him by God.”
