1. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:
2. “Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words?Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
3. Should I remain silent while you babble on?When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
4. You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’
5. If only God would speak;if only he would tell you what he thinks!
6. If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,for true wisdom is not a simple matter.Listen! God is doubtless punishing youfar less than you deserve!
7. “Can you solve the mysteries of God?Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
8. Such knowledge is higher than the heavens—and who are you?It is deeper than the underworld—what do you know?
9. It is broader than the earthand wider than the sea.
10. If God comes and puts a person in prisonor calls the court to order, who can stop him?