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Job Chapter 11 Click Here to Listen to This Chapter |
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- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
- Should thy falsehoods make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
- For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.
- But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
- And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thy iniquity deserveth.
- Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
- It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
- For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
- For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
- If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy hands towards him;
- If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
- For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yes, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:
- Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
- And thy age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
- And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yes, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
- Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yes, many shall make suit to thee.
- But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the expiration of the breath.