| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: | 1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: |
| 2This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset! | 2This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset! |
| 3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply. | 3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply. |
| 4Don't you know that ever since antiquity, from the time man was placed on earth, | 4Don't you know that ever since antiquity, from the time a human was placed on earth, |
| 5the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment? | 5the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment? |
| 6Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds, | 6Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds, |
| 7he will vanish forever like his own dung. Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?" | 7he will vanish forever like his own dung. Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?" |
| 8He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. | 8He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. |
| 9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his household will no longer see him. | 9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his household will no longer see him. |
| 10His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth. | 10His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth. |
| 11His bones may be full of youthful vigor, but will lie down with him in the grave. | 11His frame may be full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in dust. |
| 12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, | 12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, |
| 13though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, | 13though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, |
| 14yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras' venom inside him. | 14yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras' venom inside him. |
| 15He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. | 15He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. |
| 16He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him. | 16He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him. |
| 17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. | 17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and curds. |
| 18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading. | 18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading. |
| 19For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build. | 19For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build. |
| 20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not let anything he desires escape. | 20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not let anything he desires escape. |
| 21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. | 21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. |
| 22At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. | 22At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. |
| 23When he fills his stomach, God will send His burning anger against him, raining it down on him while he is eating. | 23When he fills his stomach, God will send his burning anger against him, raining it down on him while he is eating. |
| 24If he flees from an iron weapon, an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him. | 24If he flees from an iron weapon, an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him. |
| 25He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him. | 25He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him. |
| 26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent. | 26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent. |
| 27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. | 27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. |
| 28The possessions in his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God's anger. | 28The possessions in his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God's anger. |
| 29This is the wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance God ordained for him. | 29This is the wicked person's lot from God, the inheritance God ordained for him. |
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