11Job 11

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

2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?Select Job 11:2

3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?Select Job 11:3

4For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’Select Job 11:4

5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,Select Job 11:5

6that 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.Select Job 11:6

7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?Select Job 11:7

8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?Select Job 11:8

9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.Select Job 11:9

10If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?Select Job 11:10

11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.Select Job 11:11

12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.Select Job 11:12

13“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.Select Job 11:13

14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.Select Job 11:14

15Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:Select Job 11:15

16for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.Select Job 11:16

17Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.Select Job 11:17

18You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.Select Job 11:18

19Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.Select Job 11:19

20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”Select Job 11:20