Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with 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 declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
