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Zophar
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Zophar Rebukes Job
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
“Are all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?
Is this talker to be vindicated?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless
and I am pure in your sight.’
and I am pure in your sight.’
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
that he would open his lips against you
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
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 fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
They are higher than the heavens above — what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below — what can you know?
They are deeper than the depths below — what can you know?
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.
and wider than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
“If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
“Yet if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,
and stretch out your hands to him,
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;
you will stand firm and without fear.
you will stand firm and without fear.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.
recalling it only as waters gone by.
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
and darkness will become like morning.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
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, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.
and many will court your favor.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.