Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Zophar the Naamathite replied
:
And
Zophar the Naamathite answereth
and
saith
: --
“Should
this
stream
of words go
unanswered
and such
a speaker
be
vindicated
?
Is
a
multitude
of words not
answered?
And is
a man
of
lips
justified
?
Should
your
babbling
put
others
to
silence?
Will
you
scoff
without
rebuke?
Thy
devices
make
men
keep
silent,
Thou
scornest,
and
none
is
causing
blushing!
You
have
said
, ‘My
doctrine
is sound
, and I am
pure
in Your
sight
. ’
And
thou
sayest
, `Pure
`
is '
my
discourse
, And clean
I have
been
in Thine
eyes
. '
But
if
only
God would
speak
and open His lips against
you,
And
yet,
O
that
God had
spoken!
And doth
open His lips with
thee.
and disclose
to you
the
secrets of wisdom, for true
wisdom
has
two
sides
. Know then
that God exacts
from
you
less
than
your
iniquity deserves
.
And declare
to thee
secrets of wisdom, For counsel
hath
foldings
. And
know thou
that God forgetteth
for
thee,
`Some'
of
thine
iniquity.
Can
you
fathom
the
deep
things
of
God or
discover
the
limits
of
the Almighty
?
By
searching
dost
thou
find
out
God ?
Unto
perfection
find
out
the Mighty
One
?
They
are
higher
than
the heavens —
what can
you
do
? They
are
deeper than Sheol —
what can
you
know
?
Heights
of
the heavens !
--
what dost
thou
? Deeper than Sheol !
--
what knowest
thou
?
Their
measure
is
longer than the
earth and wider
than the sea.
Longer than earth `is'
its
measure,
And broader
than the sea.
If He comes
along
to
imprison
you
, or
convenes
a
court
, who can
stop
Him
?
If He pass
on
, and
shut
up
, and
assemble,
Who then
dost
reverse
it
?
Surely
He knows
the
deceit
of
men .
If
He sees
iniquity, does
He
not take
note?
For
he hath
known
men of
vanity,
And
He seeth
iniquity, And
one
doth
not consider
`it'!
But
a
witless
man can
no
more
become
wise
than
the colt of a wild donkey
can
be
born
a
man !
And
empty
man is
bold,
And
the colt of a wild ass
man is
born.
As
for
you,
if you
direct
your
heart and lift
up
your
hands
to
Him,
If thou
--
thou
hast
prepared
thy
heart ,
And hast
spread
out
unto
Him thy
hands
,
if you
put
away
the
iniquity in your
hand, and allow
no
injustice
to
dwell in your
tents ,
If iniquity `is'
in thy
hand, put
it
far
off,
And let
not
perverseness
dwell in thy
tents .
then indeed
you
will
lift
up your
face without
shame;
you
will
stand
firm and unafraid
.
For
then thou
liftest
up thy
face from
blemish,
And
thou
hast
been
firm ,
and fearest
not
.
For you
will
forget your
misery, recalling
it
only
as waters gone
by
.
For thou
dost
forget misery, As waters passed
away
thou
rememberest
.
Your
life
will
be
brighter
than
noonday;
its
darkness
will
be
like
the morning.
And
above
the noon
doth
age
rise,
Thou
fliest
--
as
the
morning thou
art
.
You
will
be
secure,
because there
is hope, and you
will
look
around
and
lie
down
in safety.
And
thou
hast
trusted
because their
is hope, And searched
--
in confidence
thou
liest
down,
You
will
lie
down
without
fear
, and many will
court
your
favor.
And
thou
hast
rested
, And none
is
causing
trembling,
And
many have
entreated
thy
face;
But
the eyes of the wicked will
fail
, and escape
will
elude
them ;
they
will
hope
for
their last
breath.”
And
the eyes of the wicked are
consumed
, And refuge
hath
perished
from
them ,
And
their hope
`is'
a
breathing
out
of
soul!
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