Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
4 And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
13 If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
