Job 11:1-9 ▼

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?

3 Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, And thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

4 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.'

5 But oh that God would speak, And open His lips against thee;

6 And 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.

7 Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?

9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.