Job 11:1-9 ▼

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

2 Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

3 Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

4 For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.'

5 But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

6 and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom--for true wisdom has two sides--so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

7 Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

8 It is higher than the heavens--what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol--what can you know?

9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.