Job 11

1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר׃ (1338)

2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּק׃ (2021)

See also: Ecclesiastes 5:3, Job 18:2, Job 24:25, Proverbs 10:19, James 1:19, Job 8:2, Job 12:2, Job 13:7, Job 15:2, Job 16:2, Job 16:3, Job 16:4, Job 34:37, Psalms 140:11, Acts 17:18

3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִם׃ (1766)

4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶיךָ׃ (1627)

See also: Job 10:7, Job 6:10, Job 33:9, Proverbs 4:2, Exodus 38:21, Job 6:29-30, Job 7:20, Job 9:2-3, Job 9:14, Job 14:4, Job 34:5-6, Job 35:2, 1 Peter 3:15

5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

וְאוּלָם מִי־יִתֵּן אֱלֹוהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּךְ׃ (2271)

See also: Job 42:7, Job 38:1-2, Job 13:3, Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35, Job 33:6-18, Job 40:1-5, Job 40:8

6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמֹות חָכְמָה כִּי־כִפְלַיִם לְתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלֹוהַ מֵעֲוֹנֶךָ׃ (2756)

7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

הַחֵקֶר אֱלֹוהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָא׃ (2706)

8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

גָּבְהֵי מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאֹול מַה־תֵּדָע׃ (1846)

See also: Job 22:12, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 139:6-8, Isaiah 55:9, Job 26:6, Job 35:5, Psalms 148:13, Amos 9:2, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Job 7:9, Psalms 103:11, Proverbs 25:2-3, Ephesians 3:18-19

9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָם׃ (977)

See also: Job 38:5, Psalms 139:9-10, Job 28:24-25, Psalms 65:5-8

10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ׃ (1053)

See also: Job 9:12-13, Job 12:14, Revelation 3:7, Isaiah 41:27, Daniel 4:35, Deuteronomy 32:30, Job 9:4, Job 23:13, Job 34:29, Job 38:8, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 95:4, Deuteronomy 9:2, 2 Chronicles 7:13, Psalms 88:5, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Job 5:18

11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבֹּונָן׃ (1712)

12For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד׃ (1083)

13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינֹותָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּךָ׃ (2143)

14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָה׃ (1454)

See also: Job 22:23, Proverbs 4:15, Proverbs 4:24, Job 4:7, Psalms 7:3, James 4:8, 1 Samuel 1:14, Job 15:34, Job 16:17, Job 18:18, Job 19:3, Job 22:5, Job 34:32, Psalms 101:2, Isaiah 1:15, Ezekiel 18:30-31, Zechariah 5:3-4

15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָא׃ (2334)

See also: Job 22:26, Psalms 107:41, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:19-22, 1 Timothy 2:8, Genesis 4:5-6, Genesis 4:8, Job 10:15, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 112:6-8, Psalms 119:6-7, Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 28:1, 2 Corinthians 1:12

16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּר׃ (2319)

See also: Isaiah 65:16, Ecclesiastes 5:20, Isaiah 54:4, Isaiah 54:9, John 16:21, Genesis 41:51, Isaiah 12:1-2, Revelation 7:14-17, Genesis 9:11, Job 6:15, Job 22:11, Proverbs 31:7

17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

וּמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶה׃ (1886)

See also: Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 58:8, Psalms 37:6, Psalms 112:4, Job 29:3, Isaiah 58:10, Zechariah 14:6-7, Hosea 6:3, Micah 7:8-9, 1 Chronicles 29:10, Job 42:11-17, Psalms 92:14, Malachi 4:2, Song of Solomon 6:10, Luke 2:26-32

18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

וּבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּב׃ (2741)

See also: Psalms 4:8, Psalms 127:2, Psalms 3:5, Proverbs 3:24-26, Psalms 43:5, Leviticus 26:5-6, Romans 5:3-5, Job 7:6, Proverbs 14:32, Job 22:27-29, Job 6:11, Colossians 1:27

19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

וְרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּים׃ (1489)

See also: Proverbs 3:24, Isaiah 60:14, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 45:12, Isaiah 45:14, Job 42:8-9, Proverbs 19:6, Revelation 3:9, Genesis 26:26-31, Psalms 119:58

20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנֹוס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַפַּח־נָפֶשׁ׃ (3095)