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Then answered[H6030]Zophar[H6691] the Naamathite[H5284], and said[H559],
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Therefore do my thoughts[H5587] cause me to answer[H7725], and for this I make haste[H2363].
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I have heard[H8085] the check[H4148] of my reproach[H3639], and the spirit[H7307] of my understanding[H998] causeth me to answer[H6030].
4Knowest[H3045] thou not this of old[H5703], since man[H120] was placed[H7760] upon earth[H776],
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That the triumphing[H7445] of the wicked[H7563] is short[H7138], and the joy[H8057] of the hypocrite[H2611] but for a moment?[H7281]
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Though his excellency[H7863] mount up[H5927] to the heavens[H8064], and his head[H7218]reach[H5060] unto the clouds[H5645];
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Yet he shall perish[H6] for ever[H5331] like his own dung[H1561]: they which have seen[H7200] him shall say[H559], Where[H335] is he?
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He shall fly away[H5774] as a dream[H2472], and shall not be found[H4672]: yea, he shall be chased away[H5074] as a vision[H2384] of the night[H3915].
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The eye[H5869] also which saw[H7805] him shall see him no more[H3254]; neither shall his place[H4725] any more[H3254]behold[H7789] him.
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His children[H1121] shall seek to please[H7521] the poor[H1800], and his hands[H3027] shall restore[H7725] their goods[H202].
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His bones[H6106] are full[H4390] of the sin of his youth[H5934], which shall lie down[H7901] with him in the dust[H6083].
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Though wickedness[H7451] be sweet[H4985] in his mouth[H6310], though he hide[H3582] it under his tongue[H3956];
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Though he spare[H2550] it, and forsake[H5800] it not; but keep it still[H4513]within[H8432] his mouth[H2441]:
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Yet his meat[H3899] in his bowels[H4578] is turned[H2015], it is the gall[H4846] of asps[H6620]within[H7130] him.
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He hath swallowed down[H1104]riches[H2428], and he shall vomit them up again[H6958]: God[H410] shall cast them out[H3423] of his belly[H990].
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He shall suck[H3243] the poison[H7219] of asps[H6620]: the viper's tongue[H3956] shall slay[H2026] him.
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He shall not see[H7200] the rivers[H6390], the floods[H5104], the brooks[H5158] of honey[H1706] and butter[H2529].
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That which he laboured[H3022] for shall he restore[H7725], and shall not swallow it down[H1104]: according to his substance[H2428] shall the restitution[H8545] be, and he shall not rejoice[H5965] therein.
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Because he hath oppressed[H7533] and hath forsaken[H5800] the poor[H1800]; because he hath violently taken away[H1497] an house[H1004] which he builded[H1129] not;
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Surely he shall not feel[H3045]quietness[H7961] in his belly[H990], he shall not save[H4422] of that which he desired[H2530].
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There shall none of his meat[H400] be left[H8300]; therefore shall no man look[H2342] for his goods[H2898].
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In the fulness[H4390] of his sufficiency[H5607] he shall be in straits[H3334]: every hand[H3027] of the wicked[H6001] shall come[H935] upon him.
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When he is about to fill[H4390] his belly[H990], God shall cast[H7971] the fury[H2740] of his wrath[H639] upon him, and shall rain[H4305] it upon him while he is eating[H3894].
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He shall flee[H1272] from the iron[H1270]weapon[H5402], and the bow[H7198] of steel[H5154] shall strike him through[H2498].
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It is drawn[H8025], and cometh out[H3318] of the body[H1465]; yea, the glittering sword[H1300] cometh out[H1980] of his gall[H4846]: terrors[H367] are upon him.
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All darkness[H2822] shall be hid[H2934] in his secret places[H6845]: a fire[H784] not blown[H5301] shall consume[H398] him; it shall go ill[H3415] with him that is left[H8300] in his tabernacle[H168].
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The heaven[H8064] shall reveal[H1540] his iniquity[H5771]; and the earth[H776] shall rise up[H6965] against him.
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The increase[H2981] of his house[H1004] shall depart[H1540], and his goods shall flow away[H5064] in the day[H3117] of his wrath[H639].
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This is the portion[H2506] of a wicked[H7563]man[H120] from God[H430], and the heritage[H5159]appointed[H561] unto him by God[H410].