KJV ¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit :

KJV ² Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

VULC ² [Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi,
et mens in diversa rapitur.

KJV ³ I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

VULC ³ Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam,
et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.

KJV ⁴ Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

VULC ⁴ Hoc scio a principio,
ex quo positus est homo super terram,

KJV ⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

VULC ⁵ quod laus impiorum brevis sit,
et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.

KJV ⁶ Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

VULC ⁶ Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus,
et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,

KJV ⁷ Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

VULC ⁷ quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur,
et qui eum viderant, dicent : Ubi est ?

KJV ⁸ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

VULC ⁸ Velut somnium avolans non invenietur :
transiet sicut visio nocturna.

KJV ⁹ The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

VULC ⁹ Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit,
neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.

KJV ¹⁰ His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

VULC ¹⁰ Filii ejus atterentur egestate,
et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.

KJV ¹¹ His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

VULC ¹¹ Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus,
et cum eo in pulvere dormient.

KJV ¹² Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

VULC ¹² Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum,
abscondet illud sub lingua sua.

KJV ¹³ Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

VULC ¹³ Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud,
et celabit in gutture suo.

KJV ¹⁴ Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

VULC ¹⁴ Panis ejus in utero illius
vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.

KJV ¹⁵ He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

VULC ¹⁵ Divitias quas devoravit evomet,
et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.

KJV ¹⁶ He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

VULC ¹⁶ Caput aspidum suget,
et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

KJV ¹⁷ He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

VULC ¹⁷ (Non videat rivulos fluminis,
torrentes mellis et butyri.)

KJV ¹⁸ 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.

VULC ¹⁸ Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur :
juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.

KJV ¹⁹ Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

VULC ¹⁹ Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes :
domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.

KJV ²⁰ Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

VULC ²⁰ Nec est satiatus venter ejus :
et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.

KJV ²¹ There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

VULC ²¹ Non remansit de cibo ejus,
et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.

KJV ²² In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

VULC ²² Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur :
æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.

KJV ²³ 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.

VULC ²³ Utinam impleatur venter ejus,
ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui,
et pluat super illum bellum suum.

KJV ²⁴ He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

VULC ²⁴ Fugiet arma ferrea,
et irruet in arcum æreum.

KJV ²⁵ It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

VULC ²⁵ Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua,
et fulgurans in amaritudine sua :
vadent et venient super eum horribiles.

KJV ²⁶ 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.

VULC ²⁶ Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus ;
devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur :
affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.

KJV ²⁷ The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

VULC ²⁷ Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus,
et terra consurget adversus eum.

KJV ²⁸ The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

VULC ²⁸ Apertum erit germen domus illius :
detrahetur in die furoris Dei.

KJV ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

VULC ²⁹ Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo,
et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.]