Job 11

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,

2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?

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

3 Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

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

4 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

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

5 But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;

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

6 And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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.

7 Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

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

8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

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

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

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

10 If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?

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

11 For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?

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

12 But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

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

13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —

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

14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents —

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

15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;

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

16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;

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

17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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

18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

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

19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.

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