Job

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

² Even because of my haste within me.

³ And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

⁴ From the establishment of man on earth,

⁵ And the gladness of the godless momentary?

⁶ And his head touches the clouds,

⁷ Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

⁸ Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

⁹ And his place no longer beholds him.

¹⁰ And his hands give back his wealth.

¹¹ But it lies down with him in the dust.

¹² And he hides it under his tongue,

¹³ And holds it to his palate,

¹⁴ To the venom of cobras within him.

¹⁵ But will vomit it up; God will expel it from his belly.

¹⁶ The viper’s tongue kills him.

¹⁷ The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

¹⁸ And cannot swallow it; As to the wealth of his trading, He cannot even enjoy it.

¹⁹ He has seized a house which he has not built.

²⁰ In his covetousness, he does not let anything escape.

²¹ Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

²² The hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.

²³ And God will send His burning anger on him And will rain it on him while he is eating.

²⁴ But the bronze bow will pierce him.

²⁵ Even the glittering point from his gall; Bouts of dread come upon him.

²⁶ A fire unfanned will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.

²⁷ And the earth will rise up against him.

²⁸ His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.

²⁹ Even the inheritance decreed to him by God.”