1Zophar sheweth in his turn the certain downfall and portion of the wicked.
1THEN answered aZophar the Naamathite, and said,
a ch. 2.11.
2Therefore bdo my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this 1I make haste.
1Heb. my haste is in me.
b Ro. 10.2. Ga. 4.18.
3I have cheard the *check of my reproach, and dthe spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
*check-rebuke.
c 2Ti. 4.3. ch. 19.29. d ch. 33.3.
4eKnowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
e Ps. 44.1; 48.8. ch. 4.7; 8.8; 15.10.
5fThat the triumphing of the wicked is 2short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
2Heb. from near.
f Ps. 37.35,36; 73.18-20. Da. 4.31. Ac. 12.22,23. Ec. 7.6. Mat. 7.21.
6Though his excellency gmount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the 3clouds;
3Heb. cloud.
g Ge. 11.4. Is. 14.13,14. Da. 4.11. Ps. 37.35,36. Mat. 11.23. Ob. 3,4.
7Yet hhe shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, iWhere is he?
h 1Ki. 14.10. 2Ki. 9.37. Ps. 33.10. i Is. 14.16,17. Ps. 37.36. ch. 14.10.
8He jshall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
j Ps. 73.20; 90.5. Is. 29.7,8. ch. 18.18.
9The keye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
k ch. 7.8,10; 8.18. Ps. 103.15,16.
104His lchildren shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall mrestore their goods.
4Or, the poor shall oppress his children, Pr. 28.3.
l Pr. 28.3; 14.19. Ps. 109.9,10. m Ex. 12.36. Le. 6.4,5. v.18.
11His nbones are full of the sin of his youth, which oshall lie down with him in the dust.
n Pr. 5.11-14; 14.32. Ps. 25.7. ch. 13.26. Eze. 24.13; 32.27. o ch. 21.26.
12Though wickedness be psweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
p Pr. 9.17. Ps. 10.7. Ro. 1.32. ch. 15.16; 34.7.
13Though he qspare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still 5within his mouth:
5Heb. in the midst of his palate.
q Je. 13.23. Mat. 5.29,30. Ro. 8.13. Pr. 28.13.
14Yet rhis *meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
*meat-food of any kind.
r Je. 2.19; 4.18; 6.26. Mat. 26.75. Pr. 1.32; 14.14; 23.31-35.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and she shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
s Pr. 23.8. Mat. 27.3,4. v.10,18.
16He tshall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
t De. 28.16-19. Mal. 2.2. Pr. 23.32. Ac. 28.3,4. Is. 59.4-8. Ro. 3.13.
17He ushall not see the rivers, the 6floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
6Or, streaming brooks.
u 2Ki. 7.2. Je. 17.6. Ps. 36.6,8,9. Is. 48.18.
18That vwhich he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: 7according to his substance shall the restitution be , and he shall not rejoice therein.
7Heb. according to the substance of his exchange.
v v.10,15. Je. 51.44. Pr. 6.31. Ex. 22.1.
19wBecause he hath 8oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
8Heb. crushed.
w Pr. 22.22,23. Mat. 5.42. Ja. 2.13. Mi. 2.2.
20xSurely he shall not 9feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of ythat which he desired.
9Heb. know.
x Ec. 5.13,14. Lu. 12.20. ch. 1.13-19,21. y Ps. 39.11.
2110There shall none of his *meat be zleft; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
10Or, There shall be none left for his meat.
*meat-food of any kind.
z Lu. 16.24. Je. 17.11; 22.19. ch. 18.19; 1.21.
22aIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the 11wicked shall come upon him.
11Or, troublesome, ch. 1.15,17.
a Lu. 12.19. Re. 18.8. ch. 18.7.
23When bhe is about to fill his belly, God shall cast cthe fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
b Nu. 11.33. Ps. 78.30,31; 11.6. ch. 1.13-19. Ge. 19.24. De. 32.34,35. Lu. 17.28,29. c La. 1.12,13.
24dHe shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
d Pr. 5.22. Is. 24.18. Je. 48.43,44. Am. 5.19; 9.1-3.
25eIt is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
e De. 32.41. ch. 16.13; 18.11. Ju. 3.21,22. Ps. 73.19.
26All fdarkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it gshall go ill with him that is left in his *tabernacle.
*tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
f ch. 18.5,6. Is. 8.22; 30.33. Jude 13. De. 32.34,35. Mat. 3.12; 8.12. Ps. 21.9. g Ex. 20.5. Ps. 109.9-15. Is. 14.21,22. ch. 18.19.
27The hheaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
h Ro. 1.18. Is. 26.21. 1Co. 4.5. ch. 16.18,19.
28iThe increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his jwrath.
i Re. 18.14. 2Ki. 20.17. ch. 5.5. j v.23. ch. 5.2. De. 29.20,21.
29kThis is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage 12appointed unto him by God.
12Heb. of his decree from God.
k ch. 27.13; 18.21; 31.2. Ps. 11.5,6. Mat. 24.51. Ro. 2.8,9; 6.23.