Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 Shall not the multitude of words receive an answer? Shall the man of words be justified?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Shall thy boastings make men hold their peace? Shalt thou mock, and none put thee to shame?
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
4 Thou sayest, My speech is pure; I am clean in thine eyes, [[O God!]]
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
5 But O that God would 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 That he would show thee the secrets of his wisdom, —His wisdom, which is unsearchable! Then shouldst thou know that God forgiveth thee many of thine iniquities.
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 search out the deep things of God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
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 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
10 If he apprehend, and bind, and bring to trial, Who shall oppose him?
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 For he knoweth the unrighteous; He seeth iniquity, when they do not observe it.
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass's colt.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 If thou direct thy heart, And stretch out thy hands, toward him;
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
14 If thou put away iniquity from thy hand, And let not wickedness dwell in thy habitation, —
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 Then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and have no fear.
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 For thou shalt forget thy misery, Or remember it as waters that have passed away.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 Thy life shall be brighter than the noon-day; Now thou art in darkness, thou shalt then be as morning.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
18 Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Now thou art disappointed, thou shalt then rest in safety.
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
19 Thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; And many shall make suit unto thee.
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall be wearied out; They shall find no refuge; Their hope is—the breathing forth of life.
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.
