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Zophar Rebukes Job
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite 1Lit answered and saidanswered,
2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a AJob 8:2; 15:2; 18:2talkative man be acquitted?
3 “Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you AJob 17:2; 21:3scoff and none rebuke?
4 “For AJob 6:10you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And BJob 10:7I am innocent in your eyes.’
5 “But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom 1Lit is doubleAJob 9:4has two sides.
Know then that God 2Lit causes to be forgotten for youforgets a part of BJob 15:5; 22:5your iniquity.
 
7 “AJob 33:12, 13; 36:26; 37:5, 23; Rom 11:33Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
8 “They are AJob 22:12; 35:5high as 1Lit the heights of heaventhe heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than 2I.e. the nether worldBJob 26:6; 38:17Sheol, what can you know?
9 “Its measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 “If He passes by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, AJob 9:12who can restrain Him?
11 “For AJob 34:21-23He knows false men,
And He BJob 24:23; 28:24; 31:4sees iniquity 1Or even He does not considerwithout investigating.
12 “1Lit A hollow manAPs 39:5, 11; 62:9; 144:4; Eccl 1:2; 11:10An idiot will become intelligent
When the 2Lit donkeyfoal of a BJob 39:5wild donkey is born a man.
 
13 “AJob 5:17-27; 11:13-20If you would B1 Sam 7:3; Ps 78:8direct your heart right
And CJob 22:27; Ps 88:9; 143:6spread out your hand to Him,
14 If iniquity is in your hand, AJob 22:23put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15 “Then, indeed, you could AJob 22:26lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and BPs 27:3; 46:2not fear.
16 “For you would AIs 65:16forget your trouble,
As BJob 22:11waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
17 “Your 1Lit duration of lifelife would be 2Lit above noondayAJob 22:26brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 “Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.
19 “You would ALev 26:6; Is 17:2; Mic 4:4; Zeph 3:13lie down and none would disturb you,
And many would BIs 45:14entreat your 1Lit facefavor.
20 “But the ADeut 28:65; Job 17:5eyes of the wicked will fail,
And 1Lit escape has perished from themthere will BJob 27:22; 34:22be no escape for them;
And their CJob 8:13hope is 2Lit the expiring of the soulDJob 6:9to breathe their last.”

111:1 Lit answered and said

A11:2 Job 8:2; 15:2; 18:2

A11:3 Job 17:2; 21:3

A11:4 Job 6:10

B11:4 Job 10:7

111:6 Lit is double

A11:6 Job 9:4

211:6 Lit causes to be forgotten for you

B11:6 Job 15:5; 22:5

A11:7 Job 33:12, 13; 36:26; 37:5, 23; Rom 11:33

A11:8 Job 22:12; 35:5

111:8 Lit the heights of heaven

211:8 I.e. the nether world

B11:8 Job 26:6; 38:17

A11:10 Job 9:12

A11:11 Job 34:21-23

B11:11 Job 24:23; 28:24; 31:4

111:11 Or even He does not consider

111:12 Lit A hollow man

A11:12 Ps 39:5, 11; 62:9; 144:4; Eccl 1:2; 11:10

211:12 Lit donkey

B11:12 Job 39:5

A11:13 Job 5:17-27; 11:13-20

B11:13 1 Sam 7:3; Ps 78:8

C11:13 Job 22:27; Ps 88:9; 143:6

A11:14 Job 22:23

A11:15 Job 22:26

B11:15 Ps 27:3; 46:2

A11:16 Is 65:16

B11:16 Job 22:11

111:17 Lit duration of life

211:17 Lit above noonday

A11:17 Job 22:26

A11:19 Lev 26:6; Is 17:2; Mic 4:4; Zeph 3:13

B11:19 Is 45:14

111:19 Lit face

A11:20 Deut 28:65; Job 17:5

111:20 Lit escape has perished from them

B11:20 Job 27:22; 34:22

C11:20 Job 8:13

211:20 Lit the expiring of the soul

D11:20 Job 6:9

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