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1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

2Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a talker be acquitted?

3Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

3Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you?

4You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'

4You have said, "My teaching is sound, and I am pure in Your sight."

5Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

5But if only God would speak and declare His case against you,

6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

6He would show you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

7"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

7Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

8They are higher than the heavens above--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below--what can you know?

8They are higher than the heavens--what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol--what can you know?

9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

10If He passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

11Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

11Surely He knows which people are worthless. If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?

12But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born human.

12But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

13"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

13As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer--

14if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

14if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don't allow injustice to dwell in your tents--

15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.

15then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid.

16You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

16For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.

17Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.

17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

18You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

18You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

19You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.

19You will lie down without fear, and many will seek your favor.

20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

20But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath.