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Job 11

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Next Tzofar the Na'amati spoke up:

2 "Shouldn't this torrent of words be answered? Does talking a lot make a person right?

3 Is your babble supposed to put others to silence? When you mock, is no one to make you ashamed?

4 "You claim that your teaching is pure; you tell [God], 'I am clean in your sight.'

5 I wish that God would speak, would open his mouth to answer you,

6 would tell you the secrets of wisdom, which is worth twice as much as common sense. Understand that God is demanding of you less than your guilt deserves.

7 "Can you penetrate God's depths? Can you find out Shaddai's limits?

8 They're as high as heaven; what can you do? They're deeper than Sh'ol; what can you know?

9 Their extent is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.

10 If he passes through, puts in prison and assembles [for judgment], who can prevent him?

11 For he knows when people are worthless; so if he sees iniquity, won't he look into it?

12 "An empty man can gain understanding, even if he was born like a wild donkey.

13 If you will set your heart right, if you will spread out your hands toward him,

14 if you will put your iniquity at a distance and not let unrighteousness remain in your tents,

15 then when you lift up your face, there will be no defect; you will be firm and free from fear.

16 "For you will forget your misery; you'll remember it like a flood that passed through long ago;

17 your life will be brighter than noon; even its darkness will be like morning.

18 You will be confident, because there is hope; you will look around you and lie down secure;

19 you will rest, and no one will make you afraid. Many will seek your favor;

20 but the eyes of the wicked will fail [to find comfort]. They will find no way to escape, and their hope will turn to complete disappointment."

New International Version NIV

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.

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