| Job 11:1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, |
| Job 11:2 |
Should a multitude of words not be answered? / And should a man of much talk be justified? |
| Job 11:3 |
Shall your empty talk silence men? / And will you mock, and there be none to shame [you?] |
| Job 11:4 |
For you say, My doctrine is pure, / And I am clean in Your eyes. |
| Job 11:5 |
But, oh, that God would speak / And open His lips to you, |
| Job 11:6 |
And that He would tell you the secrets of wisdom! / For there are two sides to sound reason. / Know then that God has forgotten some of your iniquity. |
| Job 11:7 |
Can you find out the depths of God? / Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? |
| Job 11:8 |
It is the height of heaven--what can you do? / It is deeper than Sheol--what can you know? |
| Job 11:9 |
Its measure is longer than that of the earth / And broader than the sea. |
| Job 11:10 |
If He passes by and imprisons / And summons an assembly, who can stop Him? |
| Job 11:11 |
For He knows men of falsehood, / And He sees iniquity without considering [it.] |
| Job 11:12 |
But an empty-headed man acquires intelligence / When the foal of a wild ass is born as a man. |
| Job 11:13 |
If you would set your heart right / And stretch your hands out to Him-- |
| Job 11:14 |
If there is iniquity in your hand, put it far away, / And do not let wrong dwell in your tents-- |
| Job 11:15 |
Then indeed you would lift up your face without blemish, / And you would be steadfast and would not be afraid. |
| Job 11:16 |
For you will forget [your] misery; / You will remember [it] as waters that have passed away. |
| Job 11:17 |
And [your] time [here] will rise more [brightly] than the noonday; / Dark though it may be, it will be like the morning. |
| Job 11:18 |
And you will be secure, for there is hope; / And you will search about [and] lie down in security. |
| Job 11:19 |
Indeed you will lie down, and there will be none to terrify [you;] / And many will entreat your favor. |
| Job 11:20 |
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, / And fleeing will be lost to them, / And their hope will be to breathe out [their] life. |