Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
3 Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
4 For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;
But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!
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.
Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.
7 Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
11 For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;
For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
14 If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.
if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
15 For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
16 Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
17 And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
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 you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto you.
For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.
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 safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
