New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: | 1Then Zophar from Naamath replied: |
2“I must reply because I am greatly disturbed. | 2"Therefore my anxious thoughts cause me to answer because I'm agitated within me. |
3I’ve had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply. | 3Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand." |
4“Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time, ever since people were first placed on the earth, | 4"Haven't you known this from ancient times, since mankind was placed on the earth? |
5the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary? | 5The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary. |
6Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens and their heads touch the clouds, | 6Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches the clouds, |
7yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask, ‘Where are they?’ | 7he'll perish forever, like his own excrement; those who saw him will ask, 'Where is he?' |
8They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night. | 8He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision." |
9Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again. | 9"An eye that gazes at him won't do so again; and his place won't even recognize him. |
10Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches. | 10His sons will make amends to the poor; their hands will return his wealth. |
11Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust. | 11Though his bones were full of youthful vigor; yet they will lie down with him in the dust. |
12“They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness, letting it melt under their tongue. | 12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue, |
13They savored it, holding it long in their mouths. | 13though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth, |
14But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach. | 14his food will turn rancid in his stomach— it will become a cobra's poison inside him. |
15They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down. | 15"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach. |
16They will suck the poison of cobras. The viper will kill them. | 16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will slay him. |
17They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey. | 17He won't look at the rivers— the torrents of honey and curd. |
18They will give back everything they worked for. Their wealth will bring them no joy. | 18"He will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions, |
19For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes. | 19because he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he didn't build. |
20They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about. | 20"Since his appetite won't quit; he won't let anything escape his lust. |
21Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure. | 21Because nothing was left for him to devour, therefore his prosperity won't last. |
22“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery. | 22Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers— everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him. |
23May God give them a bellyful of trouble. May God rain down his anger upon them. | 23"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body. |
24When they try to escape an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them. | 24Though he dodges an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him. |
25The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them. | 25It will impale him and come out through his back; the point will glisten as it protrudes through his gall bladder, and he will be terrified. |
26Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour their goods, consuming all they have left. | 26"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession. |
27The heavens will reveal their guilt, and the earth will testify against them. | 27Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him. |
28A flood will sweep away their house. God’s anger will descend on them in torrents. | 28A flood will wash away his house; dragging it away when God becomes angry. |
29This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.” | 29This is what the wicked person inherits from God; it is the inheritance that God appoints for him." |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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