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א
וַיַּעַן, צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי; וַיֹּאמַר.
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
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ב
לָכֵן, שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי; וּבַעֲבוּר, חוּשִׁי בִי.
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Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
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ג
מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע; וְרוּחַ, מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי.
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I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
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ד
הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ, מִנִּי-עַד; מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי-אָרֶץ.
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Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
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ה
כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים, מִקָּרוֹב; וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי-רָגַע.
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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ו
אִם-יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ; וְרֹאשׁוֹ, לָעָב יַגִּיעַ.
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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ז
כְּגֶלְלוֹ, לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד; רֹאָיו, יֹאמְרוּ אַיּוֹ.
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
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ח
כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף, וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻהוּ; וְיֻדַּד, כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָיְלָה.
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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ט
עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ, וְלֹא תוֹסִיף; וְלֹא-עוֹד, תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמוֹ.
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9
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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י
בָּנָיו, יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים; וְיָדָיו, תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנוֹ.
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10
His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
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יא
עַצְמוֹתָיו, מָלְאוּ עֲלוּמָו; וְעִמּוֹ, עַל-עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב.
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His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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יב
אִם-תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה-- יַכְחִידֶנָּה, תַּחַת לְשֹׁנוֹ.
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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יג
יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ, וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה; וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה, בְּתוֹךְ חִכּוֹ.
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Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
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יד
לַחְמוֹ, בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ; מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּוֹ.
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Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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טו
חַיִל בָּלַע, וַיְקִאֶנּוּ; מִבִּטְנוֹ, יֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל.
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; Eloheem shall cast them out of his belly.
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טז
רֹאשׁ-פְּתָנִים יִינָק; תַּהַרְגֵהוּ, לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶה.
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He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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יז
אַל-יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת-- נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי, דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה.
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He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.
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יח
מֵשִׁיב יָגָע, וְלֹא יִבְלָע; כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ, וְלֹא יַעֲלֹס.
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That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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יט
כִּי-רִצַּץ, עָזַב דַּלִּים; בַּיִת גָּזַל, וְלֹא יִבְנֵהוּ.
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For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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כ
כִּי, לֹא-יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ; בַּחֲמוּדוֹ, לֹא יְמַלֵּט.
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Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
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כא
אֵין-שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלוֹ; עַל-כֵּן, לֹא-יָחִיל טוּבוֹ.
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There was nothing left that he devoured not--therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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כב
בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ, יֵצֶר לוֹ; כָּל-יַד עָמֵל תְּבֹאֶנּוּ.
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
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כג
יְהִי, לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ--יְשַׁלַּח-בּוֹ, חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ; וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ, בִּלְחוּמוֹ.
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It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.
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כד
יִבְרַח, מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל; תַּחְלְפֵהוּ, קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה.
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If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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כה
שָׁלַף, וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה: וּבָרָק, מִמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ; עָלָיו אֵמִים.
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He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
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כָּל-חֹשֶׁךְ, טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו:
תְּאָכְלֵהוּ, אֵשׁ לֹא-נֻפָּח; יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלוֹ.
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures;
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a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.
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כז
יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲונוֹ; וְאֶרֶץ, מִתְקוֹמָמָה לוֹ.
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
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כח
יִגֶל, יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ; נִגָּרוֹת, בְּיוֹם אַפּוֹ.
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The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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כט
זֶה, חֵלֶק-אָדָם רָשָׁע--מֵאֱלֹהִים; וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵל.
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This is the portion of a wicked man from Eloheem, and the heritage appointed unto him by Eloheem.
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