Job 11
New International Version - Job 11 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: 11:2 'Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated? 11:3 Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock? 11:4 You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.' 11:5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you 11:6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin. 11:7 'Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 11:8 They are higher than the heavens-what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can you know? 11:9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. 11:10 'If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him? 11:11 Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note? 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man. 11:13 'Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, 11:14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, 11:15 then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear. 11:16 You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by. 11:17 Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning. 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. 11:19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor. 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.'