1. THEN ZOPHAR the Naamathite replied,
2. Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk [and making such great professions] be pronounced free from guilt or blame?
3. Should your boastings and babble make men keep silent? And when you mock and scoff, shall no man make you ashamed?
4. For you have said, My doctrine [that God afflicts the righteous knowingly] is pure, and I am clean in [God's] eyes. [Job 10:7.]
5. But oh, that God would speak, and open His lips against you,
6. And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For He is manifold in understanding! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your guilt and iniquity [deserve].