Job 11

1 Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.

Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —

2 Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?

Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?

3 Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

4 For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.

Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

5 But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against thee;

But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:

6 And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy 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 Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?

8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Longer than the 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 by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?

If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

11 For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

12 And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.

But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!

13 If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: —

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—

14 If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness 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 canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

16 Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;

For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.

17 And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

18 And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

19 Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.

And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their 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.