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 thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine 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 thee;
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 shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou 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 knoweth vain men: he seeth 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 man 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 thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine 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 thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto 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 the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
