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Round One: Zophar’s Speech

11 Then Zophar the Na’amathite spoke up and responded:

Doesn’t this gush of words call for an answer?
Can this man’s bold talk be justified?
Should your empty words reduce men to silence?
Can you be allowed to scoff without anyone putting you in your place?
You say, “What I teach is untainted,
and I am pure in your eyes.”
Oh how I wish that God would speak up,
open his lips against you,
and show you the secret of wisdom,
because sound judgment must look at both sides.
Then you would know that God has even forgotten some of your guilt!

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