Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered? Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Should your boasting make others remain silent? When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure, I am blameless in your eyes.'
And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
5 But, oh, that God would speak and open his lips against you;
And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
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.
And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
7 Can you understand God by searching for him? Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up, if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?
If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
11 For he knows false people; when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
12 But foolish people have no understanding; they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
13 But suppose that you had set your heart right and had reached out with your hands toward God;
If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to 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 iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame; indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.
For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
16 You would forget your misery; you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday; though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.
And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are 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 you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
19 Also you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid; indeed, many would seek your favor.
And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
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.”
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
