Job 11

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,

Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.

2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?

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

3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

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

4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

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

5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against 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.

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.

7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)

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

9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.

Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.

10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?

11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

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

12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

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

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

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

14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.

If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.

For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.

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

17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.

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

18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.

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

19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.

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

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