Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
4 For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
5 But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
6 and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
7 Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
10 If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 For he knows false men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
14 if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
18 And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search about thee, and shall take thy rest in safety.
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
19 Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.
But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
