1. Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2. “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered?Should a man full of talk be justified?
3. Should your boastings make men hold their peace?When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
4. For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.I am clean in your eyes.’
5. But oh that God would speak,and open his lips against you,
6. that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!For true wisdom has two sides.Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7. “Can you fathom the mystery of God?Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8. They are high as heaven. What can you do?They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9. Its measure is longer than the earth,and broader than the sea.
10. If he passes by, or confines,or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11. For he knows false men.He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12. An empty-headed man becomes wisewhen a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13. “If you set your heart aright,stretch out your hands towards him.
14. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.