Job 11

1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:

2 "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!

4 For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'

And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.

5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.

6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom. For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.

7 "Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of Shaddai?

Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?

8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know? (Sheol h7585)

Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.

10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?

11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!

12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.

13 "If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,

14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.

15 Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.

16 for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.

17 Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.

18 You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,

19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”