Job 11
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1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?2"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
3Should I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?3Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’4You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'
5If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!5Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
6If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!6and 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 solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty?7"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld — what do you know?8They are higher than the heavens above--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below--what can you know?
9It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea.9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10If God comes and puts a person in prison or calls the court to order, who can stop him?10"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.11Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.12But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born human.
13“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!13"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
14Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.14if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15Then your face will brighten with innocence. You will be strong and free of fear.15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
16You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away.16You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning.17Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
18Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.18You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
19You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.19You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
20But the wicked will be blinded. They will have no escape. Their only hope is death.”20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."
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