Job 11

1And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

1And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

2Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

3Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

4And thou sayest, `Pure <FI>is<Fi> my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

5But oh thatGod would speak, and open his lips against thee;

5And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know thatGod passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, <FI>Some<Fi> of thine iniquity.

7Canst thou by searching find outGod? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

8[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

8Heights of the heavens! --what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! --what knowest thou?

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

9Longer than earth <FI>is<Fi> its measure, And broader than the sea.

10If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

10If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

11For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

11For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider <FI>it<Fi> !

12Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

12And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

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

13If thou--thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

14If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

14If iniquity <FI>is<Fi> in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

15For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

16For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

16For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

17And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

17And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest--as the morning thou art.

18And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

18And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched--in confidence thou liest down,

19Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

19And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.

20And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope <FI>is<Fi> a breathing out of soul!