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Zophar Says, 'The Triumph of the Wicked Is Short'
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
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| | and·he-will·? | ? | the·we·? | and·he-will·say
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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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| | to·so | ? | he-will·? | and·in·? | ? | in·he-will
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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answers me.
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| | from·and·? | as·to·from·? | I-will·? | and·breath
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| | MBINThI | IONNI
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| | from·in·he-will·we·? | he-will·?
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Know you not this of old time, since man was placed on earth,
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| | the·? | he-will·? | from·we·he-will | ? | from·we·he-will
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| | ? | man | ? | earth
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
| A | KI | RNNTh | RShOIM | MQRUB | UShMChTh | ChNF | ODI- | RGO
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| | that | ? | wicked-ones | from·? | and·? | ? | ? | ?
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;
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| | I-will·from | he-will·ascend | to·heaven | ? | and·?
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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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| | as·? | to·we·? | he-will·I-will·in·? | ?
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| | he-will·I-will·from·? | I-will·he-will·and
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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| | as·? | he-will·flying | and·not | he-will·from·?
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| | UIDD | KChZIUN | LILA
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| | and·he-will·? | as·? | night
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The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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| | ? | ? | and·not | ? | and·not | ? | ? | from·?
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His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
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| | in·we·he-will·and | he-will·? | ? | and·he-will·?
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| | ? | I-will·and·we·and
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His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
| IE | OTsMUThIU | MLEU | OLUMU | UOMU | OL- | OFR | ThShKB
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| | ? | fill | ? | and·? | on | dust | ?
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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| | I-will·from | ? | in·? | ? | he-will·as·? | under
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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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| | he-will·? | ? | and·not | he-will·?
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| | and·he-will·from·we·? | in·middle | ?
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Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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| | to·? | in·from·? | we·the·? | from·? | ? | in·?
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He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
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| | ? | in·to·? | and·he-will·? | from·in·? | he-will·? | this
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He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.
| TZ | RESh- | FThNIM | IINQ | ThARGAU | LShUN
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| | ? | ? | he-will·he-will·we·? | ? | to·?
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He shall not look on the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.
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| | this | fear | in·? | we·the·? | we·? | ? | and·?
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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 has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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| | from·return | he-will·? | and·not | he-will·in·to·? | as·?
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| | ? | and·not | he-will·?
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For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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| | that | ? | leave | ? | in·he-will·she-will | ? | and·not
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| | he-will·in·we·the·and
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Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
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| | that | not | he-will·? | ? | in·in·? | in·? | not
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There was nothing left that he devoured not--therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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| | no | ? | to·I-will·as·to·and | on | so | not | he-will·?
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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 on him.
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| | in·from·to·I-will·and·she-will | ? | he-will·?
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| | to·and | all | he-will·? | ? | ?
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It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath on him, and shall cause it to rain on him into his flesh.
| KG | IAI | LMLE | BTNU | IShLCh- | BU | ChRUN | EFU
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| | be | to·from·not | in·? | he-will·send | give | ? | I-will·?
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| | UIMTR | OLIMU | BLChUMU
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| | and·he-will·from·? | ? | in·to·?
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If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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| | he-will·in·? | from·we·? | in·? | ? | ? | we·?
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He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall; terrors are on him.
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| | ? | and·he-will·? | from·? | and·in·? | from·from·?
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| | he-will·the·to·as | ? | I-will·waters
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.
| KU | KL- | ChShK | TMUN | LTsFUNIU | ThEKLAU | ESh | LE- | NFCh
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| | all | dark | ? | to·? | ? | I-will·? | not | breathe
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| | he-will·? | ? | in·I-will·the·to·and
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
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| | he-will·? | heaven | ? | and·earth | from·? | to·and
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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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| | he-will·? | he-will·in·and·to | in·he-will·? | we·?
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
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| | ? | ? | man | ? | from·God | and·we·? | I-will·from·?
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