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| [1]And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- |
[1]Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said: |
| [2]Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? |
[2]Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right? |
| [3]Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing! |
[3]Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed; |
| [4]And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.' |
[4]And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.' |
| [5]And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. |
[5]But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against 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. |
[6]And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. |
| [7]By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? |
[7]Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty? |
| [8]Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou? |
[8]It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know? |
| [9]Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea. |
[9]The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
| [10]If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? |
[10]If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him? |
| [11]For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]! |
[11]For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it? |
| [12]And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born. |
[12]But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man. |
| [13]If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, |
[13]If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him— |
| [14]If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents. |
[14]If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents— |
| [15]For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not. |
[15]Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear; |
| [16]For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest. |
[16]For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away; |
| [17]And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art. |
[17]And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. |
| [18]And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down, |
[18]And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. |
| [19]And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face; |
[19]Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
| [20]And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul! |
[20]But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul. |