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Job 11

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

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11:2

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?

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11:3

Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, And thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

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11:4

And thou hast said: ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.’

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11:5

But oh that God would speak, And open His lips against thee;

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11:6

And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, That sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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11:7

Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

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11:8

It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?

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11:9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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11:10

If He pass by, and shut up, Or gather in, then who can hinder Him?

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11:11

For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?

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11:12

But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass’s colt is born a man.

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11:13

If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him—

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11:14

If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents—

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11:15

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;

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11:16

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;

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11:17

And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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11:18

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

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11:19

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.

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