Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.
For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;
But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,
6 And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
7 Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?
11 For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
For he knows false men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?
12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;
If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
14 If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.
if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
15 For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.
16 Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
17 And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
18 And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.
And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search about thee, and shall take thy rest in safety.
19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto you.
Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the spirit.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.
