Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered, Job 2:11Job 20:1
“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Jas 1:19Job 18:2Pro 10:19Act 17:18Job 16:3Job 8:2Psa 140:11
Should a man full of talk be justified?
Should your boastings make men hold their peace? Job 17:22Th 3:14Jer 15:17Job 12:4Job 13:4Job 13:9Job 15:2-3Job 21:3
When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. Job 10:7Job 6:101Pe 3:15Job 14:4Job 34:5-6Job 35:2Job 6:29-30Job 7:20
I am clean in your eyes.’
But oh that God would speak, Job 38:1-2Job 23:3-7Job 31:35Job 33:6-18Job 40:1-5Job 40:8Job 42:7
and open his lips against you,
that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! Ezr 9:13Lam 3:22Dan 2:28Eph 3:5Mat 13:35Job 15:8Dan 2:47Deu 29:29
For true wisdom has two sides.
Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Rom 11:33Ecc 3:11Psa 145:3Isa 40:28Eph 3:8Job 37:23Job 5:9Psa 77:19
Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are high as heaven. What can you do? Job 22:12Isa 55:9Psa 139:6-8Amo 9:2Job 26:6Job 35:5Psa 148:132Ch 6:18
They are deeper than Sheol. 1 What can you know?
Its measure is longer than the earth, Psa 139:9-10Job 28:24-25Psa 65:5-8
and broader than the sea.
If he passes by, or confines, Job 12:14Job 9:12-13Rev 3:7Dan 4:35Isa 41:27Deu 32:30Job 34:29Job 38:8
or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
For he knows false men. Heb 4:13Psa 10:14Rev 2:23Jhn 2:24-25Ecc 5:8Hab 1:13Hos 7:2Jer 17:9-10
He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
An empty-headed man becomes wise Jas 2:20Job 39:5-8Ecc 3:18Jas 3:13-17Jer 2:24Psa 73:221Co 3:18-20Eph 2:3
when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
“If you set your heart aright, Psa 143:6Psa 88:91Sa 7:3Psa 78:8Job 8:5-6Luk 12:472Ch 12:14Job 22:21-22
stretch out your hands toward him.
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Job 22:23Jas 4:8Job 4:7Ezk 18:30-31Isa 1:15Job 22:5Job 34:32Psa 101:2
Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Job 22:261Jn 2:281Jn 3:19-221Ti 2:82Co 1:12Gen 4:5-6Job 10:15Pro 14:26
Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
for you will forget your misery. Isa 65:16Ecc 5:20Isa 54:4Isa 54:9Jhn 16:21Gen 41:51Isa 12:1-2Rev 7:14-17
You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
Life will be clearer than the noonday. Isa 58:8-10Psa 37:6Pro 4:18Zec 14:6-7Hos 6:3Mic 7:8-9Psa 112:41Ch 29:10
Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
You will be secure, because there is hope. Pro 3:24-26Psa 3:5Psa 43:5Psa 4:8Lev 26:5-6Rom 5:3-5Job 7:6Pro 14:32
Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Isa 60:14Isa 45:14Lev 26:6Psa 45:12Job 42:8-9Pro 19:6Rev 3:9Gen 26:26-31
Yes, many will court your favor.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail. Deu 28:65Job 17:5Job 31:16Amo 2:14Amo 5:19-20Amo 9:1-3Heb 2:3Job 18:14
They will have no way to flee.
Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”