Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,… Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste {I make…: Heb. my haste is in me} I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near} Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; {clouds: Heb. cloud} {Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he? He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. The eye also {which} saw him shall {see him} no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children} His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue; {Though} he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: {within…: Heb. in the midst of his palate} {Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods…: or, streaming brooks} That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange} Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed} Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. {feel: Heb. know} There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. {none…: or, be none left for his meat} In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome} {When} he is about to fill his belly, {God} shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain {it} upon him while he is eating. He shall flee from the iron weapon, {and} the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors {are} upon him. All darkness {shall be} hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. The increase of his house shall depart, {and his goods} shall flow away in the day of his wrath.