Job 11

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,

Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,

2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?

He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.

3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?

4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to 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.

Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.

7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?

8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)

Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?

11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].

12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.

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

For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;

14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.

if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.

15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.

For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.

16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.

17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.

And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.

18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.

And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.

19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.

For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.

But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.