1	Then answered# Zophar the Naamathite, and said# ,
			2	Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer# , and for this I make haste# . [I make...: Heb. my haste is in me]
			3	I have heard# the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer# .
			4	Knowest# thou not this of old, since man was placed# upon earth,
			5	That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? [short: Heb. from near]
			6	Though his excellency mount up# to the heavens, and his head reach# unto the clouds; [clouds: Heb. cloud]
			7	Yet he shall perish# for ever like his own dung: they which 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 also which saw# him shall see him no more# ; neither shall his place any more behold# him.
			10	His children shall seek to please# the poor, and his hands shall restore# their goods. [His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children]
			11	His bones are full# of the sin of his youth, which 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 forsake# it not; but keep it still# within his mouth: [within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate]
			14	Yet his meat 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 shall 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 see# the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. [the floods...: or, streaming brooks]
			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 . [his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange]
			19	Because he hath oppressed# and hath forsaken# the poor; because he hath violently taken away# an house which he builded# not; [oppressed: Heb. crushed]
			20	Surely he shall not feel# quietness in his belly, he shall not save# of that which he desired# . [feel: Heb. know]
			21	There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look# for his goods. [none...: or, be none left for his meat]
			22	In the fulness# # # # of his sufficiency he shall be in straits# : every hand of the wicked shall come# upon him. [wicked: or, troublesome]
			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.
			24	He shall flee# from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through# .
			25	It is drawn# , and cometh out# of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out# of his gall: terrors are upon him.
			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.
			27	The heaven shall reveal# his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up# against him.
			28	The increase of his house shall depart# , and 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. [appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God]