KJV

1  Then answered⁶⁰³⁰ Zophar⁶⁶⁹¹ the Naamathite,⁵²⁸⁴ and said,⁵⁵⁹

2  Therefore³⁶⁵¹ do my thoughts⁵⁵⁸⁷ cause me to answer,⁷⁷²⁵ and for⁵⁶⁶⁸ this I make haste.²³⁶³

3  I have heard⁸⁰⁸⁵ the check⁴¹⁴⁸ of my reproach,³⁶³⁹ and the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of my understanding^{4480 998} causeth me to answer.⁶⁰³⁰

4  Knowest³⁰⁴⁵ thou not this²⁰⁶³ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ old,⁵⁷⁰³ since⁴⁴⁸⁰ man¹²⁰ was placed⁷⁷⁶⁰ upon⁵⁹²¹ earth,⁷⁷⁶

5  That³⁵⁸⁸ the triumphing⁷⁴⁴⁵ of the wicked⁷⁵⁶³ is short,^{4480 7138} and the joy⁸⁰⁵⁷ of the hypocrite²⁶¹¹ but for⁵⁷⁰⁴ a moment?⁷²⁸¹

6  Though⁵¹⁸ his excellency⁷⁸⁶³ mount up⁵⁹²⁷ to the heavens,⁸⁰⁶⁴ and his head⁷²¹⁸ reach⁵⁰⁶⁰ unto the clouds;⁵⁶⁴⁵

7  Yet he shall perish⁶ forever⁵³³¹ like his own dung:¹⁵⁶¹ they which have seen⁷²⁰⁰ him shall say,⁵⁵⁹ Where³³⁵ is he?

8  He shall fly away⁵⁷⁷⁴ as a dream,²⁴⁷² and shall not³⁸⁰⁸ be found:⁴⁶⁷² yea, he shall be chased away⁵⁰⁷⁴ as a vision²³⁸⁴ of the night.³⁹¹⁵

9  The eye⁵⁸⁶⁹ also which saw⁷⁸⁰⁵ him shall see him no³⁸⁰⁸ more;³²⁵⁴ neither³⁸⁰⁸ shall his place⁴⁷²⁵ any more⁵⁷⁵⁰ behold⁷⁷⁸⁹ him.

10  His children¹¹²¹ shall seek to please⁷⁵²¹ the poor,¹⁸⁰⁰ and his hands³⁰²⁷ shall restore⁷⁷²⁵ their goods.²⁰²

11  His bones⁶¹⁰⁶ are full⁴³⁹⁰ of the sin of his youth,⁵⁹³⁴ which shall lie down⁷⁹⁰¹ with⁵⁹⁷³ him in⁵⁹²¹ the dust.⁶⁰⁸³

12  Though⁵¹⁸ wickedness⁷⁴⁵¹ be sweet⁴⁹⁸⁵ in his mouth,⁶³¹⁰ though he hide³⁵⁸² it under⁸⁴⁷⁸ his tongue;³⁹⁵⁶

13  Though he spare^{2550 5921} it, and forsake⁵⁸⁰⁰ it not;³⁸⁰⁸ but keep it still⁴⁵¹³ within⁸⁴³² his mouth:²⁴⁴¹

14  Yet his meat³⁸⁹⁹ in his bowels⁴⁵⁷⁸ is turned,²⁰¹⁵ it is the gall⁴⁸⁴⁶ of asps⁶⁶²⁰ within⁷¹³⁰ him.

15  He hath swallowed down¹¹⁰⁴ riches,²⁴²⁸ and he shall vomit them up again:⁶⁹⁵⁸ God⁴¹⁰ shall cast them out³⁴²³ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ his belly.⁹⁹⁰

16  He shall suck³²⁴³ the poison⁷²¹⁹ of asps:⁶⁶²⁰ the viper's⁶⁶⁰ tongue³⁹⁵⁶ shall slay²⁰²⁶ him.

17  He shall not⁴⁰⁸ see⁷²⁰⁰ the rivers,⁶³⁹⁰ the floods,⁵¹⁰⁴ the brooks⁵¹⁵⁸ of honey¹⁷⁰⁶ and butter.²⁵²⁹

18  That which he labored for³⁰²² shall he restore,⁷⁷²⁵ and shall not³⁸⁰⁸ swallow it down:¹¹⁰⁴ according to his substance²⁴²⁸ shall the restitution⁸⁵⁴⁵ be, and he shall not³⁸⁰⁸ rejoice⁵⁹⁶⁵ therein.

19  Because³⁵⁸⁸ he hath oppressed⁷⁵³³ and hath forsaken⁵⁸⁰⁰ the poor;¹⁸⁰⁰ because he hath violently taken away¹⁴⁹⁷ a house¹⁰⁰⁴ which he built¹¹²⁹ not;³⁸⁰⁸

20  Surely³⁵⁸⁸ he shall not³⁸⁰⁸ feel³⁰⁴⁵ quietness⁷⁹⁶¹ in his belly,⁹⁹⁰ he shall not³⁸⁰⁸ save⁴⁴²² of that which he desired.²⁵³⁰

21  There shall none³⁶⁹ of his meat⁴⁰⁰ be left;⁸³⁰⁰ therefore^{3651 5921} shall no³⁸⁰⁸ man look²³⁴² for his goods.²⁸⁹⁸

22  In the fullness⁴³⁹⁰ of his sufficiency⁵⁶⁰⁷ he shall be in straits:³³³⁴ every³⁶⁰⁵ hand³⁰²⁷ of the wicked⁶⁰⁰¹ shall come⁹³⁵ upon him.

23  When he¹⁹⁶¹ is about to fill⁴³⁹⁰ his belly,⁹⁹⁰ God shall cast⁷⁹⁷¹ the fury²⁷⁴⁰ of his wrath⁶³⁹ upon him, and shall rain⁴³⁰⁵ it upon⁵⁹²¹ him while he is eating.³⁸⁹⁴

24  He shall flee¹²⁷² from the iron¹²⁷⁰ weapon,^{4480 5402} and the bow⁷¹⁹⁸ of steel⁵¹⁵⁴ shall strike him through.²⁴⁹⁸

25  It is drawn,⁸⁰²⁵ and cometh out³³¹⁸ of the body;^{4480 1465} yea, the glittering sword¹³⁰⁰ cometh¹⁹⁸⁰ out of his gall:^{4480 4846} terrors³⁶⁷ are upon⁵⁹²¹ him.

26  All³⁶⁰⁵ darkness²⁸²² shall be hid²⁹³⁴ in his secret places:⁶⁸⁴⁵ a fire⁷⁸⁴ not³⁸⁰⁸ blown⁵³⁰¹ shall consume³⁹⁸ him; it shall go ill⁷⁴⁸⁹ with him that is left⁸³⁰⁰ in his tabernacle.¹⁶⁸

27  The heaven⁸⁰⁶⁴ shall reveal¹⁵⁴⁰ his iniquity;⁵⁷⁷¹ and the earth⁷⁷⁶ shall rise up⁶⁹⁶⁵ against him.

28  The increase²⁹⁸¹ of his house¹⁰⁰⁴ shall depart,¹⁵⁴⁰ and his goods shall flow away⁵⁰⁶⁴ in the day³¹¹⁷ of his wrath.⁶³⁹

29  This²⁰⁸⁸ is the portion²⁵⁰⁶ of a wicked⁷⁵⁶³ man¹²⁰ from God,^{4480 430} and the heritage⁵¹⁵⁹ appointed⁵⁶¹ unto him by God.^{4480 410}

Sep

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφαρ ὁ Μιναῖος λέγει

2 οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ

3 παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι

4 μὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

5 εὐφροσύνη γὰρ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια

6 ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται

7 ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσιν ποῦ ἐστιν

8 ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν

9 ὀφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψεν καὶ οὐ προσθήσει καὶ οὐκέτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ

10 τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας

11 ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται

12 ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ

13 οὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτὴν καὶ συνέξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ

14 καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ

15 πλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεσθήσεται ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος

16 θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως

17 μὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου

18 εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος

19 πολλῶν γὰρ ἀδυνάτων οἴκους ἔθλασεν δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν

20 οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται

21 οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά

22 ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι θλιβήσεται πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται

23 εἴ πως πληρώσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς νίψαι ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ὀδύνας

24 καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον

25 διεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος ἀστραπαὶ δὲ ἐν διαίταις αὐτοῦ περιπατήσαισαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ φόβοι

26 πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον

27 ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ

28 ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεια εἰς τέλος ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ

29 αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου

Tan

‎1 ‏וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

‎2 ‏לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃

‎3 ‏מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

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

‎5 ‏כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃

‎6 ‏אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃

‎7 ‏כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃

‎8 ‏כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה׃

‎9 ‏עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא־ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃

‎10 ‏בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃

‎11 ‏עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ עלומו עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

‎12 ‏אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃

‎13 ‏יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּת֣וֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃

‎14 ‏לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

‎15 ‏חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ³ אֵֽל׃

‎16 ‏רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃

‎17 ‏אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

‎18 ‏מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס׃

‎19 ‏כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃

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

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

‎22 ‏בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

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

‎24 ‏יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

‎25 ‏שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃

‎26 ‏כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו³ תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃

‎27 ‏יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ׃

‎28 ‏יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּית֑וֹ נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת בְּי֣וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃

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

Vul

1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 Caput aspidum suget,
et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 Fugiet arma ferrea,
et irruet in arcum æreum.

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

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

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

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

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