Job 11
1 Then Zophar, from [the] Naamah [area], said this to Job:
and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
2 “(Should no one answer all that you have said?/Someone should certainly answer all that you have said.) [RHQ] Just because you talk a lot, (should that cause us to declare that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong)?/that should not cause us to declare that you (are innocent/have done nothing wrong).) [RHQ]
abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
3 Job, (should your babbling cause us to be silent?/your babbling should certainly not cause us to be silent.) [RHQ] When you make fun of us, shall no one [rebuke you and] cause you to be ashamed?
bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
4 You say, ‘What I say is true; God knows that I am (innocent/without guilt).’
and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
5 But I wish/desire that God would talk and say something [MTY] to answer you!
and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
6 God knows everything about everything, so I wish/desire that he would tell you the secrets that he knows because he is wise. But you need to know that God is punishing you less than you deserve!
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
7 [“Tell me], will you ever be able to find out the things about God that are very difficult to understand? Will you be able to find out everything that there is to know about Almighty God?
search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
8 [What there is to know about God] is greater than [the distance from earth to] heaven; so there is no way [RHQ] that you can [understand it all]. It is greater than [the distance from here to] the place of the dead; so it is impossible for you [RHQ] to know it all. (Sheol h7585)
height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol h7585)
9 What there is to know about God is wider than the earth and wider than the ocean.
long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
10 “If God comes to you and puts you in prison and then brings you to a court, (who can stop him?/no one can stop him.) [RHQ]
if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
11 He knows which people are worthless; and when he sees people doing wicked things, (will he ignore it?/he will certainly not ignore it!) [RHQ]
for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
12 Stupid people [like you] will start to become wise [SAR] when wild donkeys [stop giving birth to wild donkeys and] start giving birth to tame donkeys.
and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
13 “Job, repent [IDM]; reach out your hands to seek God’s help.
if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
14 If you have done evil things, stop doing them; and do not allow any people in your house to do wicked things.
if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
15 If you do what I have said, surely you will lift up your head because you will not be ashamed; you will be strong, and not afraid [of anything].
for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
16 You will forget all your troubles; they will be like [the] water [of a flood] that has all disappeared.
for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
17 [Your troubles will be ended, like the darkness ends] at the dawn; [it will be as though] [MET] the sun is shining brightly on you, like [it shines] at noon.
and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
18 You will feel safe/secure, because you will confidently expect [that good things will happen to you]; God will protect you and enable you to rest safely [each night].
and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
19 You will lie down, and no one will cause you to be afraid. And many people will come and request you to do things for them.
and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
20 But wicked people [SYN] will not be able to understand [why bad things are happening to them]; they will not have any way to escape [from their troubles]. The only thing that they will want to do is to die. [EUP]”
and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life
