Job 11
1Then
answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2Should
not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in thine eyes.
5But oh that
God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6And
that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of
thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7Canst
thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider
it?
12For vain men would be wise, though man
be born like a wild ass's colt.
13If thou
prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14If
iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast,
and shalt not fear:
16Because thou shalt forget
thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And
thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee,
and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19Also
thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope
shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
