<vn='1'>Then <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="6691">Zophar</s> the <sn="5284">Naamathite</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> do my <sn="5587">thoughts</s> cause me to <sn="7725">answer</s>, and <sn="5668">for</s> this I make <sn="2363">haste</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>I have <sn="8085">heard</s> the <sn="4148">check</s> of my <sn="3639">reproach</s>, and the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of my <sn="4480 998">understanding</s> causeth me to <sn="6030">answer</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3045">Knowest</s> thou not <sn="2063">this</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="5703">old</s>, <sn="4480">since</s><sn="120">man</s> was <sn="7760">placed</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="776">earth</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">That</s> the <sn="7445">triumphing</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> is <sn="4480 7138">short</s>, and the <sn="8057">joy</s> of the <sn="2611">hypocrite</s> but <sn="5704">for</s> a <sn="7281">moment</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="518">Though</s> his <sn="7863">excellency</s> mount <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and his <sn="7218">head</s><sn="5060">reach</s> unto the <sn="5645">clouds</s>; </v>
<vn='7'> Yet he shall <sn="6">perish</s><sn="5331">forever</s> like his own <sn="1561">dung</s>: they which have <sn="7200">seen</s> him shall <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="335">Where</s> is he? </v>
<vn='8'>He shall fly <sn="5774">away</s> as a <sn="2472">dream</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s>: yea, he shall be chased <sn="5074">away</s> as a <sn="2384">vision</s> of the <sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="5869">eye</s> also which <sn="7805">saw</s> him shall see him <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall his <sn="4725">place</s> any <sn="5750">more</s><sn="7789">behold</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'>His <sn="1121">children</s> shall seek to <sn="7521">please</s> the <sn="1800">poor</s>, and his <sn="3027">hands</s> shall <sn="7725">restore</s> their <sn="202">goods</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>His <sn="6106">bones</s> are <sn="4390">full</s> of the sin of his <sn="5934">youth</s>, which shall lie <sn="7901">down</s><sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="6083">dust</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="518">Though</s><sn="7451">wickedness</s> be <sn="4985">sweet</s> in his <sn="6310">mouth</s>, though he <sn="3582">hide</s> it <sn="8478">under</s> his <sn="3956">tongue</s>; </v>
<vn='13'> Though he <sn="2550 5921">spare</s> it, and <sn="5800">forsake</s> it <sn="3808">not</s>; but keep it <sn="4513">still</s><sn="8432">within</s> his <sn="2441">mouth</s>: </v>
<vn='14'> Yet his <sn="3899">meat</s> in his <sn="4578">bowels</s> is <sn="2015">turned</s>, it is the <sn="4846">gall</s> of <sn="6620">asps</s><sn="7130">within</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'>He hath swallowed <sn="1104">down</s><sn="2428">riches</s>, and he shall vomit them up <sn="6958">again</s>: <sn="410">God</s> shall cast them <sn="3423">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> his <sn="990">belly</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>He shall <sn="3243">suck</s> the <sn="7219">poison</s> of <sn="6620">asps</s>: the <sn="660">viper</s> 's <sn="3956">tongue</s> shall <sn="2026">slay</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>He shall <sn="408">not</s><sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="6390">rivers</s>, the <sn="5104">floods</s>, the <sn="5158">brooks</s> of <sn="1706">honey</s> and <sn="2529">butter</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>That which he labored <sn="3022">for</s> shall he <sn="7725">restore</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s> swallow it <sn="1104">down</s>: according to his <sn="2428">substance</s> shall the <sn="8545">restitution</s> be, and he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5965">rejoice</s> therein. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">Because</s> he hath <sn="7533">oppressed</s> and hath <sn="5800">forsaken</s> the <sn="1800">poor</s>; because he hath violently taken <sn="1497">away</s> a <sn="1004">house</s> which he <sn="1129">built</s><sn="3808">not</s>; </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">Surely</s> he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">feel</s><sn="7961">quietness</s> in his <sn="990">belly</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4422">save</s> of that which he <sn="2530">desired</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>There shall <sn="369">none</s> of his <sn="400">meat</s> be <sn="8300">left</s>; <sn="3651 5921">therefore</s> shall <sn="3808">no</s> man <sn="2342">look</s> for his <sn="2898">goods</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>In the <sn="4390">fullness</s> of his <sn="5607">sufficiency</s> he shall be in <sn="3334">straits</s>: <sn="3605">every</s><sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6001">wicked</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> upon him. </v>
<vn='23'> When <sn="1961">he</s> is about to <sn="4390">fill</s> his <sn="990">belly</s>, God shall <sn="7971">cast</s> the <sn="2740">fury</s> of his <sn="639">wrath</s> upon him, and shall <sn="4305">rain</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> him while he is <sn="3894">eating</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>He shall <sn="1272">flee</s> from the <sn="1270">iron</s><sn="4480 5402">weapon</s>, and the <sn="7198">bow</s> of <sn="5154">steel</s> shall strike him <sn="2498">through</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>It is <sn="8025">drawn</s>, and cometh <sn="3318">out</s> of the <sn="4480 1465">body</s>; yea, the glittering <sn="1300">sword</s><sn="1980">cometh</s> out of his <sn="4480 4846">gall</s>: <sn="367">terrors</s> are <sn="5921">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3605">All</s><sn="2822">darkness</s> shall be <sn="2934">hid</s> in his secret <sn="6845">places</s>: a <sn="784">fire</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5301">blown</s> shall <sn="398">consume</s> him; it shall go <sn="7489">ill</s> with him that is <sn="8300">left</s> in his <sn="168">tabernacle</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>The <sn="8064">heaven</s> shall <sn="1540">reveal</s> his <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; and the <sn="776">earth</s> shall rise <sn="6965">up</s> against him. </v>
<vn='28'>The <sn="2981">increase</s> of his <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="1540">depart</s>, and his goods shall flow <sn="5064">away</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="639">wrath</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2088">This</s> is the <sn="2506">portion</s> of a <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="120">man</s> from <sn="4480 430">God</s>, and the <sn="5159">heritage</s><sn="561">appointed</s> unto him by <sn="4480 410">God</s>. </v>