1 Then Zophar from Naamah answered:
2 “You upset me, so I must answer you. I must tell you what I am thinking.
3 You insulted me with your answers! But I am wise and know how to answer you.
4-5 “You know that the joy of the wicked does not last long. That has been true a long time, ever since Adam was put on earth. Those who don’t know God are happy for only a short time.
6 Maybe an evil man’s pride will reach up to the sky, and his head will touch the clouds.
7 But he will be gone forever like his own body waste. People who knew him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 Like a dream, he will fly away, never to be found. He will be chased away like a bad dream.