Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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 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!
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
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 shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
