Zophar Rebukes Job 1 DBY And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 DBY Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified? BSB BSB: “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
3 DBY Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed? BSB BSB: Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
4 DBY For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. BSB BSB: You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
5 DBY But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; BSB BSB: But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
6 DBY And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by much of thine iniquity! BSB BSB: 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.
7 DBY Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? BSB BSB: Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
8 DBY It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?BSB BSB: They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 DBY The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. BSB BSB: Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10 DBY If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him? BSB BSB: If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
11 DBY For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when man doth not consider it; BSB BSB: Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
12 DBY Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass. BSB BSB: But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
13 DBY If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him, BSB BSB: As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
14 DBY If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents; BSB BSB: if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
15 DBY Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear: BSB BSB: then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.
16 DBY For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it; BSB BSB: For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17 DBY And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning, BSB BSB: Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
18 DBY And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee , thou shalt take rest in safety. BSB BSB: You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19 DBY Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour. BSB BSB: You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
20 DBY But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life. BSB BSB: But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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