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116 lines
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\c 20
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\v 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
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\v 2 "My thoughts make me answer quickly
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\q because of the worry that is in me.
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\q
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\v 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
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\q but a spirit from my understanding answers me.
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\q
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\v 4 Do you not know this fact from ancient times,
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\q when God placed man on earth:
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\v 5 the triumph of a wicked man is short,
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\q and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment?
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\v 6 Though his height reaches up to the heavens,
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\q and his head reaches to the clouds,
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\v 7 yet such a person will perish permanently like his own feces;
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\q those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
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\v 8 He will fly away like a dream and will not be found;
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\q indeed, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
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\v 9 The eye that saw him will see him no more;
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\q his place will see him no longer.
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\v 10 His children will apologize to poor people;
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\q his hands will have to give back his wealth.
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\v 11 His bones are full of youthful strength,
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\q but it will lie down with him in the dust.
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\v 12 Although wickedness is sweet in his mouth,
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\q although he hides it under his tongue,
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\v 13 although he holds it there and does not let it go
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\q but keeps it still in his mouth—
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\v 14 the food in his intestines turns bitter;
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\q it becomes the poison of asps inside him.
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\v 15 He swallows down riches, but he will vomit them up again;
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\q God will cast them out of his stomach.
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\v 16 He will suck the poison of asps;
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\q the viper's tongue will kill him.
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\v 17 He will not enjoy the streams,
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\q the torrents of honey and butter.
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\v 18 He will give back the fruit of his labor and will not be able to eat it;
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\q he will not enjoy the wealth earned by his commerce.
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\v 19 For he has oppressed and neglected poor people;
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\q he has violently taken away houses that he did not build.
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\v 20 Because he has known no satisfaction himself,
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\q he will not be able to save anything in which he takes pleasure.
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\v 21 There is nothing left that he did not devour;
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\q therefore his prosperity will not be permanent.
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\v 22 In the abundance of his wealth he will fall into trouble;
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\q the hand of everyone who is in poverty will come against him.
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\v 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will throw the fierceness of his wrath on him;
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\q God will rain it down on him while he is eating.
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\v 24 Although that man will flee from the iron weapon,
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\q a bow of bronze will shoot him.
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\v 25 The arrow will pierce through his back and will emerge;
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\q indeed, the glittering point will come out through his liver;
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\q terrors come on him.
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\v 26 Complete darkness is reserved for his treasures;
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\q a fire not fanned will devour him;
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\q it will consume what is left in his tent.
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\v 27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
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\q and the earth will rise up against him as a witness.
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\v 28 The wealth of his house will vanish;
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\q his goods will flow away on the day of God's wrath.
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\v 29 This is the wicked man's portion from God,
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\q the heritage reserved for him by God."
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