Added newer NLT, NKJV, ESV versions
This commit is contained in:
@@ -1,153 +1,62 @@
|
||||
Zophar's Second Response to Job
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 20
|
||||
1. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. "I must reply
|
||||
|
||||
because I am greatly disturbed.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
3. I've had to endure your insults,
|
||||
|
||||
but now my spirit prompts me to reply.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. "Don't you realize that from the beginning of time,
|
||||
|
||||
ever since people were first placed on the earth,
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
5. the triumph of the wicked has been short lived
|
||||
|
||||
and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
|
||||
|
||||
and their heads touch the clouds,
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. yet they will vanish forever,
|
||||
|
||||
thrown away like their own dung.
|
||||
|
||||
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
2 “I must reply
|
||||
because I am greatly disturbed.
|
||||
3 I’ve had to endure your insults,
|
||||
but now my spirit prompts me to reply.
|
||||
4 “Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,
|
||||
ever since people were first placed on the earth,
|
||||
5 the triumph of the wicked has been short lived
|
||||
and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
|
||||
6 Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
|
||||
and their heads touch the clouds,
|
||||
7 yet they will vanish forever,
|
||||
thrown away like their own dung.
|
||||
Those who knew them will ask,
|
||||
|
||||
'Where are they?'
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. They will fade like a dream and not be found.
|
||||
|
||||
They will vanish like a vision in the night.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
9. Those who once saw them will see them no more.
|
||||
|
||||
Their families will never see them again.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. Their children will beg from the poor,
|
||||
|
||||
for they must give back their stolen riches.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. Though they are young,
|
||||
|
||||
their bones will lie in the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. "They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,
|
||||
|
||||
letting it melt under their tongue.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. They savored it,
|
||||
|
||||
holding it long in their mouths.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour,
|
||||
|
||||
a poisonous venom in their stomach.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
|
||||
|
||||
God won't let them keep it down.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. They will suck the poison of cobras.
|
||||
|
||||
The viper will kill them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil
|
||||
|
||||
or rivers of milk and honey.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. They will give back everything they worked for.
|
||||
|
||||
Their wealth will bring them no joy.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19. For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute.
|
||||
|
||||
They foreclosed on their homes.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. They were always greedy and never satisfied.
|
||||
|
||||
Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.
|
||||
|
||||
Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. "In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble
|
||||
|
||||
and be overcome by misery.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
|
||||
|
||||
May God rain down his anger upon them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. When they try to escape an iron weapon,
|
||||
|
||||
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25. The arrow is pulled from their back,
|
||||
‘Where are they?’
|
||||
8 They will fade like a dream and not be found.
|
||||
They will vanish like a vision in the night.
|
||||
9 Those who once saw them will see them no more.
|
||||
Their families will never see them again.
|
||||
10 Their children will beg from the poor,
|
||||
for they must give back their stolen riches.
|
||||
11 Though they are young,
|
||||
their bones will lie in the dust.
|
||||
12 “They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,
|
||||
letting it melt under their tongue.
|
||||
13 They savored it,
|
||||
holding it long in their mouths.
|
||||
14 But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour,
|
||||
a poisonous venom in their stomach.
|
||||
15 They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.
|
||||
God won’t let them keep it down.
|
||||
16 They will suck the poison of cobras.
|
||||
The viper will kill them.
|
||||
17 They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil
|
||||
or rivers of milk and honey.
|
||||
18 They will give back everything they worked for.
|
||||
Their wealth will bring them no joy.
|
||||
19 For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute.
|
||||
They foreclosed on their homes.
|
||||
20 They were always greedy and never satisfied.
|
||||
Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.
|
||||
21 Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.
|
||||
Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.
|
||||
22 “In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble
|
||||
and be overcome by misery.
|
||||
23 May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
|
||||
May God rain down his anger upon them.
|
||||
24 When they try to escape an iron weapon,
|
||||
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.
|
||||
25 The arrow is pulled from their back,
|
||||
and the arrowhead glistens with blood.
|
||||
|
||||
The terrors of death are upon them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
26. Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
26 Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
|
||||
A wildfire will devour their goods,
|
||||
|
||||
consuming all they have left.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
27. The heavens will reveal their guilt,
|
||||
|
||||
and the earth will testify against them.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28. A flood will sweep away their house.
|
||||
|
||||
God's anger will descend on them in torrents.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
29. This is the reward that God gives the wicked.
|
||||
|
||||
It is the inheritance decreed by God."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
consuming all they have left.
|
||||
27 The heavens will reveal their guilt,
|
||||
and the earth will testify against them.
|
||||
28 A flood will sweep away their house.
|
||||
God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
|
||||
29 This is the reward that God gives the wicked.
|
||||
It is the inheritance decreed by God.”
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user