Job 11

1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?

4 Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

5 But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:

But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,

6 That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

7 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

8 The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

11 For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

For he knows false men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?

12 But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

13 If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—

If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,

14 If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.

16 For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

17 Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

18 And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search about thee, and shall take thy rest in safety.

19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.

Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.

20 But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.