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Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
Zophar Rebukes Job
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
“Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
and a man full of talk be judged right?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
and open his lips to you,
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!
“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
and broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he passes through and imprisons
and summons the court, who can turn him back?
and summons the court, who can turn him back?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
For he knows worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
But a stupid man will get understanding
when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!
when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
“If you prepare your heart,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.
you will stretch out your hands toward him.
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.
you will be secure and will not fear.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
And your life will be brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
its darkness will be like the morning.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and take your rest in security.
you will look around and take your rest in security.
And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
You will lie down, and none will make you afraid;
many will court your favor.
many will court your favor.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.