Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, Job 2:11Job 11:1Job 42:9
“Therefore my thoughts answer me, Pro 14:29Psa 31:22Ecc 7:9Jas 1:19Jer 20:9Job 13:19Job 20:3Job 32:13-20
even by reason of my haste that is in me.
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. Job 33:3Job 19:29Job 19:3Job 20:2Job 27:11Psa 49:3Psa 78:2-5
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
Don’t you know this from old time, Gen 1:28Gen 9:1-3Job 15:10Job 32:7Job 8:8-9Psa 115:16
since man was placed on earth,
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, Psa 37:35-36Job 18:5-6Act 12:22-23Job 27:8Job 5:3Job 8:12-13Mat 13:20-21Psa 73:18-20
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Though his height mount up to the heavens, Isa 14:13-14Oba 1:3-4Gen 11:4Amo 9:2Dan 4:11Dan 4:22Mat 11:23
and his head reach to the clouds,
yet he will perish forever like his own dung. 1Ki 14:102Ki 9:37Job 14:10Job 4:20Job 7:10Job 8:18Psa 83:10Jer 8:2
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Psa 90:5Psa 73:20Isa 29:7-8Job 18:18Job 27:21-23Psa 18:10
Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
The eye which saw him will see him no more, Job 7:8Job 7:10Job 8:18Job 20:7Psa 37:10Psa 37:36Job 27:3Psa 103:15-16
neither will his place see him any more.
His children will seek the favor of the poor. Job 20:18Job 27:16-17Luk 19:82Sa 12:6Exo 12:36Exo 22:1Exo 22:3Exo 9:2
His hands will give back his wealth.
His bones are full of his youth, Job 13:26Job 21:26Psa 25:7Ezk 24:13Ezk 32:27Jhn 8:24Act 1:25Job 19:20
but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Job 15:16Psa 10:7Ecc 11:9Gen 3:6Pro 20:17Pro 9:17-18Psa 109:17-18
though he hide it under his tongue,
though he spare it, and will not let it go, Mat 5:29-30Mrk 9:43-49Num 11:18-20Rom 8:13
but keep it still within his mouth,
yet his food in his bowels is turned. Rom 3:132Sa 11:2-52Sa 12:10-11Deu 32:24Jer 2:19Job 20:16Mal 2:2Pro 1:31
It is cobra venom within him.
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. Pro 23:8Mat 27:3-4
God will cast them out of his belly.
He will suck cobra venom. Act 28:3-6Rom 3:13Deu 32:24Isa 30:6Mat 3:7
The viper’s tongue will kill him.
He will not look at the rivers, Deu 32:13-14Job 29:6Luk 16:242Ki 7:22Sa 17:29Isa 41:17Isa 7:15Isa 7:22
the flowing streams of honey and butter.
He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. Job 20:10Jer 22:13Jer 51:44Job 20:15Pro 1:12Hos 8:7-8Isa 24:7-11Jer 11:15-16
He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. Job 35:9Pro 14:31Ezk 22:29Jas 2:13Jas 2:6Jas 5:4Pro 22:22-231Ki 21:19
He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
“Because he knew no quietness within him, Ecc 5:13-14Isa 57:20-21
he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, Jer 17:11Job 15:29Job 18:19Luk 16:24-25
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. Job 15:29Rev 18:72Ki 24:2Ecc 2:18-20Isa 10:6Job 1:15Job 1:17Job 16:11
The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. Psa 78:30-31Num 11:33Exo 9:23Gen 19:24Isa 21:4Luk 12:17-20Mal 2:2Psa 11:6
It will rain on him while he is eating.
He will flee from the iron weapon. Amo 5:19Isa 24:182Sa 22:351Ki 20:30Amo 9:1-3Jer 48:43-44Pro 7:23
The bronze arrow will strike him through.
He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Job 16:13Job 18:11Deu 32:41Job 15:21Job 27:20Psa 7:122Co 5:112Sa 18:14
Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
Terrors are on him.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. Psa 21:9Psa 120:4Isa 14:20-22Isa 30:33Isa 8:22Job 18:18-19Job 18:5-6Jud 1:13
An unfanned fire will devour him.
It will consume that which is left in his tent.
The heavens will reveal his iniquity. Isa 26:21Job 16:18Luk 12:2-31Co 4:5Deu 31:28Jer 29:23Job 18:18Mal 3:5
The earth will rise up against him.
The increase of his house will depart. Job 27:14-19Jas 5:1-3Rev 18:17Zep 1:182Ki 20:17Deu 28:31Job 20:10Job 20:18-22
They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, Job 27:13Job 31:2-3Job 18:21Psa 11:5-6Lam 3:38Mat 24:51Deu 29:20-28
the heritage appointed to him by God.”