Job 11

Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse

1 Then a Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

2  “Should b a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
 3 Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
 4 For c you say, ‘My d doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in God’s ▼
▼ Hebrew your
 eyes.’
 5 But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
 6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in f understanding. ▼
▼ The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Know then that God h exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
 7  i “Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
 8 It is j higher than heaven ▼
▼ Hebrew The heights of heaven
—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
 9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
 10 If he l passes through and m imprisons
and summons the court, who can n turn him back?
 11 For he knows o worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
 12 But a stupid man will get understanding
when p a wild donkey’s colt is q born a man!
 13  “If you r prepare your heart,
you will s stretch out your hands toward him.
 14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
 15 Surely then you will t lift up your face without u blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.
 16 You will v forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
 17 And your life will be w brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
 18 And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and x take your rest in security.
 19 You will y lie down, and none will make you afraid;
many will z court your favor.
 20 But aa the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is ab to breathe their last.”
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