Job 11

1 And 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 of much talk be justified?

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

3 Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one 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 sayest, 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 oh 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 shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

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 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst 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?

8 [It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

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

9 The measure thereof 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 pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

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

11 For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

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

12 Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

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

13 If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

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

14 If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong 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 shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

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

16 For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

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

17 And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

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

18 And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

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

19 Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

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 [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.

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.