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Job 11

1 Then Zophar from Naama replied [to Job],

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 "Shouldn't someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted?

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

3 Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame?

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

4 You say, 'My teaching is morally correct,' and, 'As you can see, I'm innocent.'

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

5 I only wish God would speak and open his mouth [to talk] to you.

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

6 He would tell you the secrets of wisdom, because [true] wisdom is twice [as great as your wisdom], and you would know that God forgets 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 discover God's hidden secrets, or are you able to find the Almighty's limits?

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

8 [God's wisdom is] higher than heaven. What can you do? It is deeper than [the depths] of hell. 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 It is 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 imprisons [someone] and then calls a court into session, who can stop him?

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

11 He knows who the scoundrels are. And when he sees sin, doesn't he pay attention to it?

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

12 But an empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born tame.

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

13 "If you want to set your heart right, then pray to him.

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

14 If you're holding on to sin, put it far away, and don't let injustice live 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 will be able to show your face without being ashamed, and you will be secure and unafraid.

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

16 [Then] you will forget your misery and remember it like water that has flowed downstream.

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

17 Then your life will be brighter than the noonday sun. The darkness in your life will become like morning.

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

18 You will feel confident because there's hope, and 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 with no one to frighten you, and many people will try to gain your favor.

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

20 But the wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath."

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