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Zophar Rebukes Job
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
Zophar Rebukes Job
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative man be acquitted?
And a talkative man be acquitted?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
“Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
And I am innocent in your eyes.’
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
“But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
And open His lips against you,
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
For sound wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
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 discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?
[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 by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
“For He knows false men,
And He sees iniquity without investigating.
And He sees iniquity without investigating.
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
“An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
“If you would direct your heart right
And spread out your hand to Him,
And spread out your hand to Him,
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.
And you would be steadfast and not fear.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
“For you would forget your trouble,
As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
“Your life would be brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
Darkness would be like the morning.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.
And you would look around and rest securely.
And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
“You would lie down and none would disturb you,
And many would entreat your favor.
And many would entreat your favor.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.