Job 11

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith:— ²Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? ³Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing! ⁴And thou sayest, ‘Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.’ ⁵And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. ⁶And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, Some of thine iniquity.

⁷By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? ⁸Heights of the heavens!—what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol!—what knowest thou? ⁹Longer than earth is its measure, And broader than the sea. ¹⁰If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? ¹¹For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider it! ¹²And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

¹³If thou—thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, ¹⁴If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not. ¹⁶For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest. ¹⁷And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest—as the morning thou art. ¹⁸And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched—in confidence thou liest down, ¹⁹And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face; ²⁰And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

Chapter 12