Job 11
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered? Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Should your boasting make others remain silent? When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure, I am blameless in your eyes.'
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
5 But, oh, that God would speak and open his lips against you;
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with 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 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.
7 Can you understand God by searching for him? Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know? (Sheol h7585)
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and wider than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, 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 sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 For he knows false people; when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 But foolish people have no understanding; they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 But suppose that you had set your heart right and had reached out with your hands toward God;
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
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, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame; indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 You would forget your misery; you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday; though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
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 he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
19 Also you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid; indeed, many would seek your favor.
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
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 lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
