"Then, indeed, you could life up your face without moral defect,Zophar is contradicting Job, when he spoke in the verse that I wrote about in the previous chapter. Zophar is saying that if Job were as upright and blameless for what has happened as he claims to be, that he could, in fact, raise his face to God. What's more, he would not be afraid to do so. It appears he thinks a righteous man is not equal to God, but at least worthy of being near God.
And you would be steadfast and not fear.
This shows how mistaken their view of God is. Even though Job is innocent of wrongdoing for his current situation, he still definitely has sinned in the past. A single sin is enough to separate us from God forever. Job's sacrifices may have covered that sin from his guilt, but they cannot cover the knowledge of his inferiority to God.
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