Job 11
1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
3 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
4 Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes 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.
That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
7 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
8 The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
10 If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
11 For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
12 But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
13 If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
14 If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
16 For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
17 Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee 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 shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto 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 faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
