Job Chapter 11 Back Next{11:1} Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
{11:2} "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
{11:3} Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
{11:4} For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'
{11:5} But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
{11:6} 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.
{11:7} "Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
{11:8} They are high as
heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than
Sheol. What can you know?
{11:9} Its measure is longer than the
earth, and broader than the sea.
{11:10} If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
{11:11} For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.
{11:12} An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild
donkey's colt.
{11:13} "If you set your
heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
{11:14} If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
{11:15} Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
{11:16} for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
{11:17} Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is
darkness, it shall be as the morning.
{11:18} You shall be secure, because there is
hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
{11:19} Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.
{11:20} But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
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