Job 20

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20:1
וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר׃
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
20:2
לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִי׃
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
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20:3
מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵנִי׃
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, But out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
20:4
הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ׃
Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
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20:5
כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָגַע׃
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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20:6
אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּיעַ׃
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
20:7
כְּגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּוֹ׃
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; They that have seen him shall say: ‘Where is he?’
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20:8
כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָיְלָה׃
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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20:9
עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמוֹ׃
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
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20:10
בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנוֹ׃
His children shall appease the poor, And his hands shall restore his wealth.
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20:11
עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עלומו [עֲלוּמָיו] וְעִמּוֹ עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּב׃
His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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20:12
אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנוֹ׃
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue;
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20:13
יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּוֹ׃
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
20:14
לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּוֹ׃
Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
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20:15
חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנוֹ יוֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל׃
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
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20:16
רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶה׃
He shall suck the poison of asps; The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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20:17
אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָה׃
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and curd.
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20:18
מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹס׃
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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20:19
כִּי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵהוּ׃
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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20:20
כִּי לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּט׃
Because he knew no quietness within him, In his greed he suffered nought to escape,
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20:21
אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבוֹ׃
There was nothing left that he devoured not— Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. .
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20:22
בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶנּוּ׃
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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20:23
יְהִי לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְשַׁלַּח־בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמוֹ׃
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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20:24
יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָׁה׃
If he flee from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall strike him through.
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20:25
שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִים׃
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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20:26
כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלוֹ׃
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.
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20:27
יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֺנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לוֹ׃
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
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20:28
יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּוֹ׃
The increase of his house shall depart, His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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20:29
זֶה חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵל׃
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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@HolyWaterBoy11

A claim reality doesn't support

Zophar's second speech insists the wicked's triumph is always brief, 'the triumphing of the wicked is short.' It's a claim the rest of the book, and plenty of real experience, doesn't fully support. The friends keep repeating variations of the same t...

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@Rashi

Rashi on Job 20:5

<b>that the triumph of the wicked</b> throughout all its duration, has come but recently, and will not last for any length of time.<br><br><b>and the joy of the flatterers is but a moment</b> in a short time, it will end.

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