Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 11:6

"And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth." — Job 11:6 (ASV)

Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

That was a hard thing for Zophar to say to Job; but, still, it was true, and it is true in the case of all of us: He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Even when a man sits down among the ashes, robbed of all his property, and bereaved of all his children, and when he has to scrape himself with a potsherd because of his many sore boils, even then it may be truly said to him, God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.