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Job 11
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1Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.
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.
7Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8Heaven [is] high ; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14if there is any iniquity in your hands, put it far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
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.