Job 11

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —

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

Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

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

Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

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

And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

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

And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with 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.

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

By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

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

Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou? (Sheol h7585)

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

Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

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

If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

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

For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

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

And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

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

If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

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

If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

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

For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

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

For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

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

And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.

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 hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,

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

And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

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.

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!