11Job 11

CHAP. XI. / 1 Zophar reproueth Iob, for iustifying himselfe. 5 Gods wisdome is vnsearchable. 13 The assured blessing of repentance.

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,Select Job 11:1

2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man ful of talke be iustified?Select Job 11:2

3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?Select Job 11:3

4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.Select Job 11:4

5But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee,Select Job 11:5

6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.Select Job 11:6

7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?Select Job 11:7

8It is as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?Select Job 11:8

9The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.Select Job 11:9

10If he cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then who can hinder him?Select Job 11:10

11For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it?Select Job 11:11

12For vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult.Select Job 11:12

13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:Select Job 11:13

14If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.Select Job 11:14

15For then shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not feare:Select Job 11:15

16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:Select Job 11:16

17And thine age shalbe clearer then the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, thou shalt be as the morning.Select Job 11:17

18And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.Select Job 11:18

19Also thou shalt lye downe, and none shall make thee afraid; yea many shall make suite vnto thee.Select Job 11:19

20But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost.Select Job 11:20