Job 11

CHAPTER 11

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

¹Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

²“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,

And a ^aman of lips be in the right?

³“Shall your boasts silence men?

And shall you ^amock and none rebuke?

⁴“^aYou have said, ‘My learning is pure,

And ^bI am innocent in your eyes.’

⁵“But would that God might speak,

And open His lips against you,

⁶And tell you the secrets of wisdom!

For sound wisdom ^1ahas two sides.

Know then that God ²forgets a part of ^byour iniquity.

⁷“^aCan you find the depths of God?

Can you find the limits of the Almighty?

⁸“They are ^ahigh as ¹the heavens, what can you do?

Deeper than ^bSheol, what can you know?

⁹“Its measure is longer than the earth

And broader than the sea.

¹⁰“If He sweeps by or shuts up,

Or calls an assembly, ^awho can turn Him around?

¹¹“For ^aHe knows worthless men,

And He ^bsees wickedness, ¹so will He not carefully consider it?

¹²“^1aYet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,

And the ²foal of a ^bwild donkey is born a man.

¹³“^aIf you would ^bset your heart right

And ^cspread out your hand to Him,

¹⁴If wickedness is in your hand, ^aput it far away,

And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;

¹⁵Then, indeed, you could ^alift up your face without moral defect,

And you would be steadfast and ^bnot fear.

¹⁶“For you would ^aforget your trouble,

As ^bwaters that pass by, so you would remember it.

¹⁷“And your lifetime would ^aarise brighter than noonday;

Darkness would be like the morning.

¹⁸“Then you would trust, because there is hope;

And you would search around and rest securely.

¹⁹“You would ^alie down and none would make you tremble,

And many would ^bentreat your ¹favor.

²⁰“But the ^aeyes of the wicked will come to an end,

And escape will ^bperish from them;

And their ^chope is ^dthe expiring of their soul.”