Job 11 · Clearspring

Zophar Rebukes Job

¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,+ ²Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?+ ³Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?+ ⁴For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.+ ⁵But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,+ ⁶And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.+ ⁷Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?+ ⁸It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?+ ⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.+ ¹⁰If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?+ ¹¹For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.+ ¹²But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass’s colt.+ ¹³If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;+ ¹⁴If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.+ ¹⁵Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:+ ¹⁶For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,+ ¹⁷And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.+ ¹⁸And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety.+ ¹⁹Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.+ ²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.+

Zophar Rebukes Job

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