1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

2Whether he, that speaketh many things, shall not also hear? either a man full of words shall be made just [or justified]?

3Shall men be still to thee alone? and when thou hast scorned other men, shalt thou not be overcome of any man?

4For thou saidest, My word is clean, and I am clean in thy sight.

5And I would, that God spake with thee, and opened his lips to thee;

6to show to thee the privates of wisdom, and that his law is manyfold, and thou shouldest then understand, that thou art required of God to pay much less things, than thy wickedness deserveth.

7In hap thou shalt comprehend the steps of God, and thou shalt find Almighty God unto perfection.

8He is higher than heaven, and what shalt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and whereof shalt thou know?

9His measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10If he destroyeth all things, either driveth them straitly into one, who shall against-say him? Either who may say to him, Why doest thou so?

11For he knoweth the vanity of men; and whether he seeing, beholdeth not wickedness?

12A vain man is raised into pride; and he guesseth himself born free, as the colt of a wild ass.

13But thou hast made steadfast thine heart, and hast spread abroad thine hands to him.

14If thou doest away from thee the wickedness, that is in thine hand, and if unrightwiseness dwelleth not in thy tabernacle,

15then thou shalt raise up thy face without wem, and thou shalt be steadfast, and thou shalt not dread.

16And thou shalt forget thy wretched-ness, and thou shalt not think of it, as of waters that have passed by.

17And as midday shining, it shall raise to thee at eventide; and when thou guessest thee to be wasted, thou shalt rise up as the day star.

18And thou shalt have trust, while hope shall be set forth to thee; and thou buried shalt sleep securely.

19Thou shalt rest, and none shall be that shall make thee afeared; and full many men shall beseech thy face.

20But the eyes of wicked men shall fail; and succor shall perish from them, and the hope of them shall be abomination of soul.