| 1 | And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- |
| 2 | Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? |
| 3 | Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing! |
| 4 | And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.' |
| 5 | And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. |
| 6 | And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity. |
| 7 | By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? |
| 8 | Heights of the heavens!—what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol!—what knowest thou? |
| 9 | Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea. |
| 10 | If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? |
| 11 | For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]! |
| 12 | And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born. |
| 13 | If thou—thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, |
| 14 | If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents. |
| 15 | For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not. |
| 16 | For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest. |
| 17 | And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest—as the morning thou art. |
| 18 | And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched —in confidence thou liest down, |
| 19 | And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face; |
| 20 | And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul! |