Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,
6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass’s colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
Rut thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
