Job 11
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1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered?
Should a man full of talk be justified?
3Should your boastings make men hold their peace?
When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.
I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But oh that God would speak,
and open his lips against you,
6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For true wisdom has two sides.
Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7“Can you fathom the mystery of God?
Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol.#11:8 Sheol is the place of the dead. What can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth,
and broader than the sea.
10 If he passes by, or confines,
or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For he knows false men.
He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise
when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13“If you set your heart aright,
stretch out your hands towards him.
14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.
Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot.
Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 for you will forget your misery.
You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday.
Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope.
Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid.
Yes, many will court your favour.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail.
They will have no way to flee.
Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
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Job 11
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Zophar
1-2Will no one answer all this nonsense?
Does talking so much put you in the right?
3Job, do you think we can't answer you?
That your mocking words will leave us speechless?
4You claim that what you say is true;
you claim you are pure in the sight of God.
5How I wish God would answer you!
6He would tell you there are many sides to wisdom;
there are things too deep for human knowledge.
God is punishing you less than you deserve.
7Can you discover the limits and bounds
of the greatness and power of God?
8The sky is no limit for God,
but it lies beyond your reach.
God knows the world of the dead,
but you do not know it.
9God's greatness is broader than the earth,
wider than the sea.
10If God arrests you and brings you to trial,
who is there to stop him?
11God knows which people are worthless;
he sees all their evil deeds.
12Stupid people will start being wise
when wild donkeys are born tame.
13Put your heart right, Job. Reach out to God.
14Put away evil and wrong from your home.
15Then face the world again, firm and courageous.
16Then all your troubles will fade from your memory,
like floods that are past and remembered no more.
17Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon,
and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn.
18You will live secure and full of hope;
God will protect you and give you rest.
19You won't be afraid of your enemies;
many people will ask you for help.
20But the wicked will look around in despair
and find that there is no way to escape.
Their one hope is that death will come.
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