Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
6 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.
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
