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Job 11

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1 Will no one answer all this nonsense?
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2 Does talking so much put you in the right?
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Job, do you think we can't answer you? That your mocking words will leave us speechless?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 You claim that what you say is true; you claim you are pure in the sight of God.
4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
5 How I wish God would answer you!
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6 He would tell you there are many sides to wisdom; there are things too deep for human knowledge. God is punishing you less than you deserve.
6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7 Can you discover the limits and bounds of the greatness and power of God?
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 The sky is no limit for God, but it lies beyond your reach. God knows the world of the dead, but you do not know it.
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9 God's greatness is broader than the earth, wider than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If God arrests you and brings you to trial, who is there to stop him?
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 God knows which people are worthless; he sees all their evil deeds.
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 Stupid people will start being wise when wild donkeys are born tame.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13 Put your heart right, Job. Reach out to God.
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14 Put away evil and wrong from your home.
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 Then face the world again, firm and courageous.
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like floods that are past and remembered no more.
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life's darkest hours will shine like the dawn.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 You will live secure and full of hope; God will protect you and give you rest.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19 You won't be afraid of your enemies; many people will ask you for help.
19 Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
20 But the wicked will look around in despair and find that there is no way to escape. Their one hope is that death will come.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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