Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Then Zophar the Naamathite began speaking and said,
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
“So many words be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Should all your babbling force people to keep quiet? When you mock, shouldn't someone make you feel ashamed?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
If only God would speak up and tell you directly,
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.
because then he would explain to you the secrets of wisdom. True wisdom has many sides to it. God's treatment of you is far better than your guilt deserves.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom 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)
It is greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is 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.
It extends farther 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 God comes and imprisons someone, or assembles the court for judgment, who can stop him?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
For God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to him,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
if you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
then you would be able to hold your head high in innocence, you will be firm and unafraid.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
You will forget your misery, remembering it only as water under the bridge.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
Your life will shine brighter than the noonday sun; even 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 have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and rest 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 to sleep with no one to frighten you, and many will come asking for 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, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
