Parallel Bible results for "Job 11"

Job 11

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 "Should these words go unanswered? Is this talker in the right?

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

3 Your lies do not make people quiet; people should correct you when you make fun of God.

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

4 You say, 'My teachings are right, and I am clean in God's sight.'

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

5 I wish God would 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 tell you the secrets of wisdom, because wisdom has two sides. your sin.

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 understand the secrets of God?

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

8 His limits are higher than the heavens; you cannot reach them! They are deeper than the grave; you cannot understand them!

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

9 His limits are longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

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

10 "If God comes along and puts you in prison or calls you into court, no one can stop him.

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

11 God knows who is evil, and when he sees evil, he takes note of it.

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

12 A fool cannot become wise any more than a wild donkey can be born tame.

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

13 "You must give your whole heart to him and hold out your hands to him for help.

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

14 Put away the sin that is in your hand; let no evil remain in your tent.

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

15 Then you can lift up your face without shame, and you can stand strong without fear.

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

16 You will forget your trouble and darkness will seem like morning.

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

17 Your life will be as bright as the noonday sun, and darkness will seem like morning.

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

18 You will feel safe because there is hope; you will look around and rest in safety.

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

19 You will lie down, and no one will scare you. Many people will want favors from you.

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

20 But the wicked will not be able to see, so they will not escape. Their only hope will be to die."

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