1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2. “Should not the multitude of words be answered?And should a man full of talk be justified?
3. Should your empty talk make men hold their peace?And when you mock, will no one shame you?
4. For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,And I am clean in your eyes.’
5. But oh, that God would speakand open His lips against you,
6. and that He would show you the secrets of wisdom!For they would double your prudence.And know that God overlooks some of your iniquity.