1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 Caput aspidum suget,
et occidet eum lingua viperæ.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

24 Fugiet arma ferrea,
et irruet in arcum æreum.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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