Job 11

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,

2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered? Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?

Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?

3 Should your boasting make others remain silent? When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?

Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure, I am blameless in your eyes.'

For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

5 But, oh, that God would speak and open his lips against you;

But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For he is great in understanding. Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves.

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 Can you understand God by searching for him? Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?

Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol; what can you 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 Its measure is longer than the earth, and wider than the sea.

The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up, if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?

If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

11 For he knows false people; when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?

For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

12 But foolish people have no understanding; they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.

Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

13 But suppose that you had set your heart right and had reached out with your hands toward God;

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

14 suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you, and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents.

If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.

15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame; indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.

The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.

16 You would forget your misery; you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.

But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday; though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.

Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.

18 You would be secure because there is hope; indeed, you would find safety about you and would take your rest in safety.

And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.

19 Also you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid; indeed, many would seek your favor.

For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.

20 But the eyes of wicked people will fail; they will have no way to flee; their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”

But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.