Job 20
1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
2 to/for so disquietings my to return: reply me and in/on/with for the sake of to hasten I in/on/with me
I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.
3 discipline shame my to hear: hear and spirit from understanding my to answer me
I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
4 this to know from perpetuity from to set: put man upon land: country/planet
Hast thou [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
5 for triumphing wicked from near and joy profane till moment
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
6 if to ascend: rise to/for heaven loftiness his and head his to/for cloud to touch
although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
7 like/as dung his to/for perpetuity to perish to see: see him to say where? he
For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
8 like/as dream to fly and not to find him and to wander like/as vision night
Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
9 eye to see him and not to add: again and not still to see him place his
The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
10 son: child his to accept poor and hand his to return: return strength his
Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
11 bone his to fill (youth his *Q(K)*) and with him upon dust to lie down: lay down
His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 if be sweet in/on/with lip his distress: evil to hide her underneath: under tongue his
Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue;
13 to spare upon her and not to leave: release her and to withhold her in/on/with midst palate his
though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
14 food his in/on/with belly his to overturn gall cobra in/on/with entrails: among his
yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
15 strength: rich to swallow up and to vomit him from belly: abdomen his to possess: take him God
[His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house.
16 poison cobra to suckle to kill him tongue viper
And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.
17 not to see: see in/on/with stream river torrent: river honey and curd
Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
18 to return: return toil and not to swallow up like/as strength: rich exchange his and not to rejoice
He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
19 for to crush to leave: neglect poor house: home to plunder and not to build him
For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not.
20 for not to know at ease in/on/with belly: abdomen his in/on/with to desire his not to escape
There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.
21 nothing survivor to/for to eat he upon so not be firm goodness his
There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.
22 in/on/with to fill sufficiency his be distressed to/for him all hand labour(er) to come (in): come him
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
23 to be to/for to fill belly: abdomen his to send: depart in/on/with him burning anger face: anger his and to rain upon them in/on/with intestine his
If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
24 to flee from weapon iron to pass him bow bronze
And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.
25 to draw and to come out: come from back and lightning from gall his to go: come upon him terror
And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.
26 all darkness to hide to/for to treasure his to eat him fire not to breathe be evil survivor in/on/with tent his
And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.
27 to reveal: reveal heaven iniquity: crime his and land: country/planet to arise: attack to/for him
And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.
28 to reveal: remove crops house: home his to pour in/on/with day face: anger his
Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
29 this portion man wicked from God and inheritance word his from God
This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God].
