Job 11
1 Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
2 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
3 Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?
Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.
For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,
But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
6 That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.
That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
8 He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? (Sheol h7585)
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
11 For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass’s colt.
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
13 Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
14 If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
15 Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
16 Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
17 And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
18 And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.
And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
19 Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
