Job 11

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —

2 Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?

3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:

6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

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 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge; (Sheol h7585)

The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.

10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!

13 But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—

14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

16 For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.

20 But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

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.