Study Desk

Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

"Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

"Shall your boasts silence people? And will you scoff, and no one rebuke?

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

"For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

"But if only God would speak, And open His lips against you,

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets part of your guilt.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.