Parallel Bible results for "Job 11"

Job 11

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?

2 “Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

3 "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?

3 Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

4 "For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'

4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’

5 "But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,

5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

6 And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

7 "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

7 “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

8 "They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

8 They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?

9 "Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.

9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10 "If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

11 "For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating.

11 Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

12 "An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

12 But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

13 "If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,

13 “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

15 "Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear.

15 then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.

16 "For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

16 You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

17 "Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.

17 Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.

18 "Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.

18 You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

19 "You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.

19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.

20 "But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”