Job 11
1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
4 Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
5 But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
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 declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
7 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
8 The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
Its measure [is] longer than 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 on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
11 For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
12 But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
13 If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to 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 your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
16 For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
17 Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
18 And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
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.
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
