15 They that 'dwell in mine house, and my maids, 1Or, sojourn count me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I intreat him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of my 2 Or, I make mother's womb. 18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me. 19 All *my inward friends abhor me : And they whom I loved are turned against me. 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh? 23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron pen and lead 5 They were graven in the rock for ever! 25 But I know that my 'redeemer liveth, supplication 4 Heb. the And that he shall stand up at the last upon the from d 'earth: 26 And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, Yet from my flesh shall I see God: 10 27 Whom I shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not "another. My reins are consumed within me. 28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! Or, And though after my skin this body be destroyed, yet from &c. 9 Or, without 10 Or, on my side 11 Or, as a stranger 12 Seeing that the root of the matter is found in 12Or, And that 13 me; 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: For "wrathbringeth the punishments of the sword, I Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and 1 20 said, Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, 2 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to 3 2 And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. Knowest thou not this of old time, 4 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: 7 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be 8 Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the The eye which saw him shall see him no more; 9 But it shall lie down with him in the dust. Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. I I 12 13 14 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall 15 vomit them up again : God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps: 16 The viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance 'that he hath gotten, Heb. of his he shall not rejoice. exchange. 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away an house, and 2 Or, which he he shall not build it up. builded not 8 Or, in his greed 20 Because he knew no quietness 3within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he de- Heb. in his lighteth. 21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. 23 'When he is about to fill his belly, 24 God shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon And shall rain it upon him while he is eating. And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; 26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; "It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God. belly. 4 Or, Let it be of his belly that for the filling God shall cast &c. 5 Or, as his food • Or, It shall go ill with him that is left the voice. And lay your hand upon your mouth. Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? I 21 2 3 5 6 7 Their seed is established with them in their sight, 8 Their houses are 'safe from fear, 9 ΙΟ II 12 13 Heb. lift up They 'sing to the timbrel and harp, Or, Ye say, Lo &c. 8 Or, How oft is the lamp of the wicked put out, and how him? "Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand : 14 16 oft cometh their & How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put 17 sorrows in his That their calamity cometh upon them? anger. They That God distributeth sorrows in his anger? are as stubble... away. That they are as stubble before the wind, 18 And as chaff that the storm carrieth away? 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, When the number of his months is cut off in the midst ? 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, 24 Being wholly at ease and quiet : His breasts are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened. 25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good. 26 They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt ? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? And do ye not know their tokens? 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day calamity? That they are 'led forth to the day of wrath? 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And 'shall keep watch over the tomb. of 5 Or, Moreover he is borne to the grave, and keepeth watch over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and all men 6 Or, they shall keep 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, draw &c. 7 Or, with vanity |