Job 11:1-19 ▼

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

2 “Shall a multitude of words not be answered? And should a man of lips be justified?

3 Shall your idle boasts cause men to be silent? And will you mock, and no one is ashamed?

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

5 But who will give God to speak, and open His lips against you,

6 and declare to you the secrets of wisdom—for there are two sides to wisdom. And know that God forgets some of your iniquity.

7 Can you find out the searching of God? Or can you find out unto the limit of Shaddai?

8 The heights of the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

9 Longer than the earth is its measure, and wider than the sea.

10 If He passes by and imprisons and assembles, then who can turn Him back?

11 For He knows the men of vanity, and He sees iniquity—will He not then discern it?

12 But a man who is hollow will become wise when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man!

13 If you would prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands to Him,

14 if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let injustice dwell in your tents.

15 Surely then you could lift up your face without blemish, and you could be established and not fear.

16 For you would forget your toil, and remember it as waters pass by.

17 And more than noon life will arise; darkness will become like the morning.

18 And you will be secure, because there is hope, and you will search and lie down in safety.

19 Then You will lie down, and there will be no one making you tremble, and many will seek favor from your face.