Job 11
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
3Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
4And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'
4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
5But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;
5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
6And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
7Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?
8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
11For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
12But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
13If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him —
13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents —
14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
15then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
16For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
16For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.
18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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