Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
2 “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
3 Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would 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.
That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
11 For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
12 And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass’s colt.
13 If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.
14 If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
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 the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
