The Book of Job, Chapter 20איוב 20

וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי

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

מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי

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

הֲזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתָּ מִנִּי עַ֑ד מִנִּ֤י שִׂ֖ים אָדָ֣ם עֲלֵי אָֽרֶץ

Knowest you this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי רָֽגַע

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

אִם יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיא֑וֹ וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ

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

כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ

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

כַּחֲל֣וֹם יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן לָֽיְלָה

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

עַ֣יִן שְׁ֭זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תוֹסִ֑יף וְלֹא ע֝֗וֹד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ

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

בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ

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

עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ עלומו עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב

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

אִם תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ

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

יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּת֣וֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ

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

לַ֭חְמוֹ בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרוֹרַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ

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

חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ אֵֽל

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

רֹאשׁ פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה

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

אַל יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה

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

מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow down: according to substance the restitution , and he shall not rejoice .

כִּֽי רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ

Because he has oppressed has forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away an house which he builded not;

כִּ֤י לֹא יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּבִטְנ֑וֹ בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹ לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט

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

אֵין שָׂרִ֥יד לְאָכְל֑וֹ עַל כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא יָחִ֥יל טוּבֽוֹ

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

בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ

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

יְהִ֤י לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ

he is about to fill his belly, shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain upon him while he is eating.

יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה

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

שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים

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

כָּל חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ

All darkness hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ

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

יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּית֑וֹ נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת בְּי֣וֹם אַפּֽוֹ

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

זֶ֤ה חֵֽלֶק אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְר֣וֹ מֵאֵֽל

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