Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
2 “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips 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 Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee!
6 And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
10 If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
11 For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
12 And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
13 If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
14 If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
