Job 11 · Clearspring

Zophar Rebukes Job

¹Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:+ ²“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?+ ³Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?+ ⁴You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’+ ⁵But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,+ ⁶and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.+ ⁷Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?+ ⁸They are higher than the heavens— what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol— what can you know?+ ⁹Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.+ ¹⁰If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?+ ¹¹Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?+ ¹²But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!+ ¹³As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,+ ¹⁴if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,+ ¹⁵then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.+ ¹⁶For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.+ ¹⁷Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.+ ¹⁸You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.+ ¹⁹You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.+ ²⁰But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”+

Zophar Rebukes Job

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