< Job 11 >
1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
2 abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
Shall not the multitude of words receive an answer? Shall the man of words be justified?
3 bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
Shall thy boastings make men hold their peace? Shalt thou mock, and none put thee to shame?
4 and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
Thou sayest, My speech is pure; I am clean in thine eyes, [[O God!]]
5 and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
But O that God would speak, And open his lips against thee;
6 and to tell to/for you secret wisdom for double to/for wisdom and to know for to forget to/for you god from iniquity: guilt your
That he would show thee the secrets of his wisdom, —His wisdom, which is unsearchable! Then shouldst thou know that God forgiveth thee many of thine iniquities.
7 search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
Canst thou search out the deep things of God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
8 height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol )
'Tis high as heaven, what canst thou do? Deeper than hell, what canst thou know? (Sheol )
9 long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
10 if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
If he apprehend, and bind, and bring to trial, Who shall oppose him?
11 for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
For he knoweth the unrighteous; He seeth iniquity, when they do not observe it.
12 and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass's colt.
13 if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
If thou direct thy heart, And stretch out thy hands, toward him;
14 if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
If thou put away iniquity from thy hand, And let not wickedness dwell in thy habitation, —
15 for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and have no fear.
16 for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
For thou shalt forget thy misery, Or remember it as waters that have passed away.
17 and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
Thy life shall be brighter than the noon-day; Now thou art in darkness, thou shalt then be as morning.
18 and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Now thou art disappointed, thou shalt then rest in safety.
19 and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
Thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; And many shall make suit unto thee.
20 and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life
But the eyes of the wicked shall be wearied out; They shall find no refuge; Their hope is—the breathing forth of life.