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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."

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.