• Zophar Rebukes Job

  • 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,
  • 2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
  • 3 “Shall your boasts silence people? And will you scoff, and no one rebuke?
  • 4 “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’
  • 5 “But if only God would speak, And open His lips against you,
  • 6 And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets part of your guilt.
  • 7 “Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
  • 8 “They are as high as the heavens; what can you do? Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
  • 9 “Its measurement is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
  • 10 “If He passes by or apprehends people, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
  • 11 “For He knows false people, And He sees injustice without investigating.
  • 12 “An idiot will become intelligent When a wild donkey is born a human.
  • 13 “If you would direct your heart rightly And spread out your hands to Him,
  • 14 If wrongdoing is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let malice dwell in your tents;
  • 15 Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral blemish, And you would be firmly established and not fear.
  • 16 “For you would forget your trouble; Like waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
  • 17 “Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
  • 18 “Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
  • 19 “You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would flatter you.
  • 20 “But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.”