1 Then Tzawapar (Zophar), the naimathay (naamathite), inah (answer / respond),
2 “Shouldn't the rab (multitude) of dabarayam (words) be inah (answer / respond)? Should a ayash (man / husband) full of shapah (talk) be justified?
3 Should your boastings make mathayam (men) hold their charash (peace)? When you laig (mock), shall no man make you kalam (ashamed)?
4 For you amar (said), ‘My laqach (doctrine) is zak (pure). I am bar (clean) in your iyan (eye).’
5 But oh that Alawah () would dabar (word / matter), and pathach (open) his shapah (lips) against you,
6 That he would show you the thailamawath (secrets) of chakamah (wisdom)! For true chakamah (wisdom) has kapal (two) sides. Yadai (know) therefore that Alawah () exacts of you less than your iwan (guilt/iniquity) deserves.
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of Alawah ()? Or can you probe the limits of the Shaday ()?
8 They are gabah (high) as shamayam (Shamayam / Heavens). What can you pail (do)? They are deeper than shaawal (Sheol / afterlife). What yadai (can) you know?
9 Its mad (measure) is longer than the aratz (Earth/land), and broader than the yam (sea/waters).
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For he yadai (knows) shawaa (vanity) mathay (men). He raah (see / saw) awan (iniquity) also, even though he doesn't bayan (between) it.
12 An empty-headed ayash (man / husband) becomes labab (wise) when a adam (man) is yalad (birth / begot) as a paraa (wild) donkey's iyar (colt).
13 “If you kawan (set) your lab (heart) aright, parash (stretch) out your kap (hands) toward him.
14 If awan (iniquity) is in your yad (hand), rachaq (put) it far away. Don't let iwal (unrighteousness) shakan (place) in your ahal (tents).
15 Surely then you shall nashaa (lift) up your panayam (face) without maawam (spot); Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not yaraa (fear / be afraid):
16 For you shall shakach (forget) your misery. You shall zakar (remember) it as mayam (Waters) that are ibar (pass over/through) away.
17 Chalad (life) shall be qawam (rise up) than the noonday. Though there is iwap (flying), it shall be as the baqar (morning).
18 You shall be batach (secure), because there is thaqawah (hope). Yes, you shall chapar (search), and shall take your shakab (rest) in safety.
19 Also you shall rabatz (lie) down, and none shall make you charad (afraid). Yes, many shall court your favor.
20 But the iyanay (eyes) of the rashai (wicked) shall kalah (complete / finish). They shall have no abad (destroy / perish) to flee. Their thaqawah (hope) shall be the mapach (giving) up of the napash (soul).”