Zophar Rebukes Job

1Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde;

2Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?

3Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

4For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

5But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

6That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie.

7Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

8It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?

9The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.

10Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

11For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?

12Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.

13If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

14If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:

15Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.

16Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.

17Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning.

18Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche.

19Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee.

20As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.