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1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2“Should a multitude of words go unanswered,[#Job 8.2]
and should one full of talk be vindicated?
3Should your babble put others to silence,[#Job 17.2; 21.3; Jas 3.5]
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
4For you say, ‘My conduct is pure,[#Job 6.14; 10.7; #11.4 Gk: Heb teaching]
and I am clean in God’s sight.’
5But O that God would speak
and open his lips to you
6and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom![#Ezra 9.13; Job 28.21]
For wisdom is many-sided.
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7“Can you find out the deep things of God?[#Eccl 3.11; Rom 11.33]
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
8It is higher than heaven—what can you do?[#Job 17.16; 22.12; #11.8 Heb The heights of heaven]
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10If he passes through and imprisons[#Job 9.12; Rev 3.7]
and assembles for judgment, who can hinder him?
11For he knows those who are worthless;[#Job 34.21–25; Ps 10.14]
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
12But the stupid will get understanding
when a wild ass is born human.
13“If you direct your heart rightly,[#Ps 78.8; 88.9]
you will stretch out your hands toward him.
14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,[#Job 22.23; Ps 101.3]
and do not let wickedness reside in your tents.
15Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;[#Ps 27.3; 1 Jn 3.21]
you will be secure and will not fear.
16You will forget your misery;[#Isa 65.16]
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
17And your life will be brighter than the noonday;[#Ps 37.6; 112.4; Isa 58.8, 10]
its darkness will be like the morning.
18And you will have confidence because there is hope;[#Ps 3.5; Prov 3.24]
you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
19You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;
many will entreat your favor.
20But the eyes of the wicked will fail;[#Deut 28.65; Jer 15.9]
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.”