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Job 11

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

2 Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

13 But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

16 For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

20 But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 1 Then answered Tzophar the Na’amati, and said,

2 Should not the multitude of dvarim be answered? And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)?

3 Should thy vain talk silence men, so that thou mockest, v’ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)?

4 For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.

5 But oh that Eloah would speak, and open His lips against thee,

6 And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! Have da’as therefore that Eloah forgetteth much of thy avon.

7 Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)? Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty)?

8 It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da’as?

9 The measure thereof is longer than ha’aretz, and broader than the yam (sea).

10 When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?

11 For He has da’as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?

12 But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!

13 If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,

14 If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum; yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,

16 Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief), and remember it as waters that flow by,

17 And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.

18 And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh; yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.

20 But the eyes of the resha’im faileth, and they shall not escape, and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.