< Job 11 >

1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
4 And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against 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.
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 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
8 Heights of the heavens! — what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! — what knowest thou? (Sheol h7585)
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
13 If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto 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 the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.

< Job 11 >