Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.
2 “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
3 Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!
4 And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
But oh that God would but 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 declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.
7 Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.
10 If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, 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 the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;
12 And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.
13 If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: —
14 If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
15 For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;
16 For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;
17 And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.
18 And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.
19 And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.
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 the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
