Job 11

Revised Geneva Translation

11 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

² “Should not the multitude of words be answered? Or should a great talker be justified?

³ “Should men hold their peace at your lies? And when you mock, shall no one make you ashamed?

⁴ “For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure and I am clean in Your eyes.’

⁵ “But, oh that God would speak and open His Lips against you!

⁶ “So that He might show you the secrets of wisdom. How you have double, according to right. Know, therefore, that God has exacted from you less than your iniquity deserves.

⁷ “Can you search out the depths of God? Can you learn the limits of the Almighty?

⁸ “They are higher than the heavens. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. How can you know them?

⁹ “Their measure is longer than the Earth. And they are broader than the sea.

¹⁰ “If He cuts off and shuts up, or gathers together, who can turn Him back?

¹¹ “For He knows vain men, and sees iniquity, and he who understands nothing.

¹² “Yet vain man would be wise (though a man born is like a wild donkey colt)

¹³ “if you prepared your heart and stretched out your hands toward Him.

¹⁴ “If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away and let no wickedness dwell in your tent.

¹⁵ “Then, truly shall you lift up your face without spot, and shall be stable, and shall not fear.

¹⁶ “And you shall forget misery and remember it as waters that are past.

¹⁷ “Your lifetime shall appear clearer than the noonday, and shall shine as the morning.

¹⁸ “And you shall be bold because there is hope. And you shall dig pits and shall lie down safely.

¹⁹ “For when you take your rest, no one shall make you afraid. Yea, many shall pursue you.

²⁰ “But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. And their refuge shall perish. And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.”