Job 20
1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
Then Zophar replied,
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 am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly.
3 discipline shame my to hear: hear and spirit from understanding my to answer me
By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you.
4 this to know from perpetuity from to set: put man upon land: country/planet
“Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth,
5 for triumphing wicked from near and joy profane till moment
wicked people [like you] do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a (moment/very short time) [HYP]?
6 if to ascend: rise to/for heaven loftiness his and head his to/for cloud to touch
[Even] though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds,
7 like/as dung his to/for perpetuity to perish to see: see him to say where? he
they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘(Where did they go/What happened to them)?’
8 like/as dream to fly and not to find him and to wander like/as vision night
They will be forgotten like [SIM] a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions [that people see] during the night.
9 eye to see him and not to add: again and not still to see him place his
Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families [MTY] will not see them any more.
10 son: child his to accept poor and hand his to return: return strength his
Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people [DOU].
11 bone his to fill (youth his *Q(K)*) and with him upon dust to lie down: lay down
Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and [their bodies will] be buried in the ground.
12 if be sweet in/on/with lip his distress: evil to hide her underneath: under tongue his
“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
13 to spare upon her and not to leave: release her and to withhold her in/on/with midst palate his
And they did not want to stop doing those things,
14 food his in/on/with belly his to overturn gall cobra in/on/with entrails: among his
[but some day] the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food [that they swallow] [and which becomes] as bitter as snake venom.
15 strength: rich to swallow up and to vomit him from belly: abdomen his to possess: take him God
Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them.
16 poison cobra to suckle to kill him tongue viper
What wicked people do is [like] [MET] swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like [MET] the bite of a poisonous snake kills people.
17 not to see: see in/on/with stream river torrent: river honey and curd
They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings [IDM] [from God], milk and olive oil and honey, that are [so abundant they are] like [MET] a stream that flows by.
18 to return: return toil and not to swallow up like/as strength: rich exchange his and not to rejoice
They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,
19 for to crush to leave: neglect poor house: home to plunder and not to build him
because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses [by cheating them].
20 for not to know at ease in/on/with belly: abdomen his in/on/with to desire his not to escape
“They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things.
21 nothing survivor to/for to eat he upon so not be firm goodness his
When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over [because they had greedily eaten it all]; but now their prosperity will end.
22 in/on/with to fill sufficiency his be distressed to/for him all hand labour(er) to come (in): come him
When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. (Misery will strike them and crush them [PRS]/They will suffer very greatly).
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
When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment [that he gives them] will be like [MET] rain falling on them.
24 to flee from weapon iron to pass him bow bronze
They will try to escape from [being killed by] iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.
25 to draw and to come out: come from back and lightning from gall his to go: come upon him terror
The arrows will [go completely through their bodies and] stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.
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
Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, [but by God, ] will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.
27 to reveal: reveal heaven iniquity: crime his and land: country/planet to arise: attack to/for him
The [angels in] heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and [people on] earth will stand up and testify against them.
28 to reveal: remove crops house: home his to pour in/on/with day face: anger his
When God punishes [MTY] [people], all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood.
29 this portion man wicked from God and inheritance word his from God
That is what will happen to wicked people [like you]; that is what God has decided will happen to them.”
