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Job 11
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1Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short-lived offspring of woman.
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee ?
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips with thee!
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8Heaven [is] high ; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass of the desert.
12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noon-day.
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee ; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.