1. But Zophar the Naamathite, responding, said:
2. Will he who speaks much, not also listen? Or will a talkative man be justified?
3. Will men be silent only for you? And when you have mocked others, will no one refute you?
4. For you said: "My word is pure, and I am clean in your sight."
5. Yet I wish that God would speak with you, and would open his lips to you,
6. so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.
7. By chance, will you comprehend the footsteps of God and reach all the way to the perfection of the Almighty?