Job 11 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde, Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified? “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? “Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed? Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you? Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes. For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God’s eyes.’ You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee! But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you, Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie. and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves. and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection? “Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hel, how canst thou know it? It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know? They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea. Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe? If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back? “If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing. For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it? Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte. But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man! But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him: “If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him. “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents. if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare. Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear. then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past. You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning. And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely. And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security. You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shal make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee. You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor. You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde. But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.” But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”
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