Job 11 Parallel Bible Translations

Job 11 ▼
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1 Zophar from Naamath had this to say: Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 |Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated? “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 Will your irrational babble silence people, and when you mock them, will you escape without being shamed? 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've said, 'My teaching is flawless; I'm clean in God's sight.' 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 what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with 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 and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there's so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves.| 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 search through God's complex things? Can you uncover the limits of the Almighty? “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 These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so 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 They are longer than the earth's circumference, and broader than the ocean. 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 he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court, 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 For he knows mankind's deceitfulness; when he sees iniquity, won't he himself consider 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 An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!| 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 |Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands 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 have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence. 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 your confidence will be flawless, and your security will keep you from terror. 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 You'll forget your suffering; you'll remember it like water that has evaporated. 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 Your life will be brighter than noonday. Even its darkness will be like dawn. 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'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe. 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 When you sleep, there'll be nothing to fear; and many will court 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 what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final 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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