XX. 1909-14. The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.


[1]	THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
[2]	Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even 1 by reason of my haste that is in me.
[3]	I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And 2 the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
[4]	Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
[5]	That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
[6]	Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
[7]	Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
[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.
[9]	The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
[10]	His 3 children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
[11]	His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

[12]	Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
[13]	Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
[14]	Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
[15]	He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
[16]	He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
[17]	He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
[18]	That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that 4 he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
[19]	For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and 5 he shall not build it up.

[20]	Because he knew no quietness within 6 him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
[21]	There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
[22]	In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
[23]	When 7 he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while 8 he is eating.
[24]	He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
[25]	He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
[26]	All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It 9 shall consume that which is left in his tent.
[27]	The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
[28]	The increase of his house shall depart; His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
[29]	This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Note 1. Or, And by reason of this my haste is within me. [back]

Note 2. Or, But out of my understanding my spirit answereth me. [back]

Note 3. Or, as otherwise read, The poor shall oppress his children. [back]

Note 4. Heb. of his exchange. [back]

Note 5. Or, which he builded not. [back]

Note 6. Or, in his greed.Heb. in his belly. [back]

Note 7. Or, Let it be for the filling of his belly that God shall cast &c. [back]

Note 8. Or, as his food. [back]

Note 9. Or, It shall go ill with him that is left. [back]

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