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Job 11

1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

2 Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a talker be acquitted?

3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

3 Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you?

4 And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

4 You have said, "My teaching is sound, and I am pure in Your sight."

5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

5 But if only God would speak and declare His case against you,

6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

6 He would show you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

7 Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

8 Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

8 [They are] higher than the heavens-what can you do? [They are] deeper than Sheol-what can you know?

9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

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

10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

10 If He passes by and throws [someone] in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

11 Surely He knows which people are worthless. If He sees iniquity, will He not take note [of it]?

12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

12 But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

13 If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

13 As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him [in prayer]-

14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

14 if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don't allow injustice to dwell in your tents-

15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

15 then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid.

16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

16 For you will forget your suffering, recalling [it only] as waters that have flowed by.

17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art.

17 [Your] life will be brighter than noonday; [its] darkness will be like the morning.

18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

18 You will be confident, because there is hope. You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

19 You will lie down without fear, and many will seek your favor.

20 And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!

20 But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their [only] hope will be to die.

Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.