KJV ¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

WLC ¹ וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

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

WLC ² לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃

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

WLC ³ מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

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

WLC ⁴ הֲזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתָּ מִנִּי־ עַ֑ד מִנִּ֤י שִׂ֖ים אָדָ֣ם עֲלֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃

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

WLC ⁵ כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־ רָֽגַע׃

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

WLC ⁶ אִם־ יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃

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

WLC ⁷ כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃

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.

WLC ⁸ כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃

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

WLC ⁹ עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ¹⁰ בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ¹¹ עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־ עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

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

WLC ¹² אִם־ תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ¹³ יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּת֣וֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ¹⁴ לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ¹⁵ חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ אֵֽל׃

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

WLC ¹⁶ רֹאשׁ־ פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃

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

WLC ¹⁷ אַל־ יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

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.

WLC ¹⁸ מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס׃

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

WLC ¹⁹ כִּֽי־ רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃

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

WLC ²⁰ כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־ יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּבִטְנ֑וֹ בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹ לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט׃

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

WLC ²¹ אֵין־ שָׂרִ֥יד לְאָכְל֑וֹ עַל־ כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא־ יָחִ֥יל טוּבֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ²² בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־ יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

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.

WLC ²³ יְהִ֤י ׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־ בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ²⁴ יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

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

WLC ²⁵ שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃

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.

WLC ²⁶ כָּל־ חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־ נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ²⁷ יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ²⁸ יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּית֑וֹ נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת בְּי֣וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃

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

WLC ²⁹ זֶ֤ה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־ אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְר֣וֹ מֵאֵֽל׃