Sophar avoucheth that some wicked men flourish for a time, but are afterwards justly plagued. 19. whereupon condemneth Job as an hypocrite.Sophar auoucheth that some wicked men florish for a time, but are afterwards iustly plaged. 19. wherupon condemneth Iob as an hypocrite.✦
But Sophar the Naamathite answering, said:BVt Sophar the Naamathite answering, sayd:✦Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit :
2Therefore my diverse cogitationes: thoughts succedunt: thrive, prosper; follow one upon another one another, and my mind is rapitur: snatched away, carried off into sundry things.Therfore my diuerse cogitations succede one an other, and my minde is rapt into sundrie things.Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.
3The doctrine, wherewith thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer me.The doctrine, wherwith thou reprouest me, I wil heare, and the spirit of my vnderstanding shal answer me.✦Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.
4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,This I know from the beginning, since man was placed vpon the earth,✦Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,
5That the praise of the impious is short, and the joy of the hypocrite as it were for a moment:That the praise of the impious is short, and the ioy of the hypocrite as it were for a moment:quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.
6If his pride rise up even to the heaven, and his head touch the clouds:If his pride rise vp euen to the heauen, and his head touch the cloudes:✦Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,
7As a dunghill in the end he shall be destroyed, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?As a dunghil in the end he shal be destroyed, and they that had sene him, shal say: Where is he?quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent : Ubi est ?
8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision by night:As a dreame that fleeth away he shal not be found, he shal passe as a vision by night:✦Velut somnium avolans non invenietur : transiet sicut visio nocturna.
9The eye that had seen him, shall not see him, neither shall his place behold him any more.The eie that had sene him, shal not see him, neither shal his place behold him anie more.✦Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.
10His children shall come to naught with poverty, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.His children shal come to naught with pouertie, and his handes shal render him his sorow.✦Filii ejus atterentur egestate, et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.
11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.His bones shal be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shal sleepe with him in the dust.Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.
12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.For when euil shal be sweete in his mouth, he wil hide it vnder his tongue.✦Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.
13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.He wil spare it, and not leaue it, and wil hide it in his throte.✦Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud, et celabit in gutture suo.
14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.His bread in his belly shal be turned into the gaule of aspes within him.✦Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.
15The riches, which he hath devoured, he shall vomit out, and God shall draw them forth out of his belly.The riches, which he hath deuoured, he shal vomite out, and God shal draw them forth out of his belly.✦Divitias quas devoravit evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.
16He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.He shal sucke the head of aspes, and the vipers tongue shal kil him.✦Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.
17(Let him not see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey, and of butter.)( Let him not see the streames of the riuer, the torrentes of honie, & of butter.)✦(Non videat rivulos fluminis, torrentes mellis et butyri.)
18He shall be punished for all things that he did, and yet not be consumed: according to the multitude of his inventions so also shall he suffer.He shal be punished for al thinges that he did, & yet not be consumed: according to the multitude of his inuentions so also shal he suffer.✦Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur : juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.
19Because breaking in he hath made the poor naked: he hath violently taken house, and built it not.Because breaking in he hath made the poore naked: he hath violently taken house, & built it not.✦Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes : domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.
20Neither is his belly filled: and when he shall have the things he coveted, he cannot possess them.Neither is his bellie filled: and when he shal haue the thinges he coueted, he can not possesse them.Nec est satiatus venter ejus : et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.
21There remained not of his cibo: flesh of animals; food generally, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:There remayned not of his meate, & therfore nothing shal continewe of his goodes:✦Non remansit de cibo ejus, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.
22When he shall be filled, he shall be arctabitur: in financial difficulty; narrowed, hemmed in. he shall burn, and all sorrow shall fall upon him.When he shal be filled, he shal be straytened. he shal burne, and al sorow shal fal vpon him.Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur : æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.
23Would God his belly were filled, that he may send forth the wrath of his fury upon him, and rain his battle upon him,Would God his belly were filled, that he may send forth the wrath of his furie vpon him, and rayne his battel vpon him,✦Utinam impleatur venter ejus, ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui, et pluat super illum bellum suum.
24He shall flee weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.He shal flee wepons of yron, and shal fal vpon a bowe of brasse.✦Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.
25The sword plucked out, and coming forth of his scabbard, and glistering in his bitterness: the horrible shall go and come upon him.The sword plucked out, and coming forth of his scabbard, and glistering in his bitternesse: the horrible shal goe and come vpon him.✦Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua : vadent et venient super eum horribiles.
26All darkness is hid in his secrets: fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted relictus: forsaken, left behind in his tabernacle.Al darkenesse is hid in his secretes: fyre that is not kindled shal deuoure him, he shal be afflicted left in his tabernacle.✦Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus ; devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur : affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise against him.The heauens shal reuele his iniquitie, and the earth shal rise against him.✦Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.
28The blossom of his house shall be opened, he shall be plucked down in the day of God's fury.The blossome of his house shal be opened, he shal be plucked downe in the day of Gods furie.✦Apertum erit germen domus illius : detrahetur in die furoris Dei.
29This the portion of an impious man from God, and the inheritance of his words from our Lord.This the portion of an impious man from God, & the inheritance of his wordes from our Lord.✦Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo, et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.