Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
4 And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee!
6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
13 If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday.
18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
