Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: —
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
4 And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with 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 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 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 If thou — thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest — as the morning thou art.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched — in confidence thou liest down,
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
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 lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
