< Job 11 >

1 and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 and to tell to/for you secret wisdom for double to/for wisdom and to know for to forget to/for you god from iniquity: guilt your
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol h7585)
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13 if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

< Job 11 >