Job 11

1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —

Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.

2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be 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 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!

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

For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.

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

But oh that God would but 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 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 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

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

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

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

Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.

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

If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?

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

For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;

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

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

If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread 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 wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and 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, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;

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

And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

18 And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou 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 shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.

Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.

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 the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.