Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;
6 And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
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.
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
The measure thereof 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 cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13 If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;
14 If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yes, many shall make suit to you.
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 fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
