Job 11 Parallel Bible Translations

Job 11 ▼
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1 Then Zophar from Naama replied [to Job], Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 |Shouldn't someone answer this flood of words? Should a good public speaker be acquitted? “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 your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame? 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 You say, 'My teaching is morally correct,' and, 'As you can see, I'm innocent.' 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 I only wish God would speak and open his mouth [to talk] to you. 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 He would tell you the secrets of wisdom, because [true] wisdom is twice [as great as your wisdom], and you would know that God forgets your sin. 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 |Can you discover God's hidden secrets, or are you able to find the Almighty's limits? “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 [God's wisdom is] higher than heaven. What can you do? It is deeper than [the depths] of hell. What can you know? 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 It is longer than the earth and wider than 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 God comes along and imprisons [someone] and then calls a court into session, who can stop him? 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 He knows who the scoundrels are. And when he sees sin, doesn't he pay attention to it? 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 But an empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born tame. 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 you want to set your heart right, then pray to 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 you're holding on to sin, put it far away, and don't let injustice live in your tent. 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 Then you will be able to show your face without being ashamed, and you will be secure and unafraid. 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 [Then] you will forget your misery and remember it like water that has flowed downstream. 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 Then your life will be brighter than the noonday sun. The darkness in your life will become like 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 You will feel confident because there's hope, and you will look around and rest in safety. 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 You will lie down with no one to frighten you, and many people will try to gain your favor. 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 wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath.| 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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