Job 11
1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet? aut vir verbosus iustificabitur?
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Tibi soli tacebunt homines? et cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.
For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 Atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum, et aperiret labia sua tibi,
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 Ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiae, et quod multiplex esset lex eius, et intelligeres quod multo minora exigaris ab eo, quam meretur iniquitas tua.
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
7 Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes, et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Longior terra mensura eius, et latior mari.
The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 Si subverterit omnia, vel in unum coarctaverit, quis contradicet ei?
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem, et videns iniquitatem, nonne considerat?
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
12 Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.
13 Tu autem firmasti cor tuum, et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 Si iniquitatem, quae est in manu tua, abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo iniustitia:
If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 Tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula, et eris stabilis, et non timebis.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Miseriae quoque oblivisceris, et quasi aquarum quae praeterierunt recordaberis.
Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
17 Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam: et cum te consumptum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.
And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe, et defossus securus dormies.
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat: et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 Oculi autem impiorum deficient, et effugium peribit ab eis, et spes illorum abominatio animae.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
