Job 11
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you 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, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean 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 true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of 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 fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are 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 broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands towards him.
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will 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 will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favour.
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
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.
