Job 11  Common English Bible

² Should all these words go unanswered
    or a wordy man be justified?
³ Will your idle talk silence everyone;
    will you mock and not be put to shame?
⁴ You’ve said, “My teaching is pure,
    and I’m clean in God’s^[a] eyes.”

⁵ But oh, that God would speak,
    open his lips against you
⁶     and tell you secrets of wisdom;
        for sound insight has two sides.
Know that God lets some of your sin be forgotten.
⁷ Can you find the secret of God
    or find the extent of the Almighty?
⁸ They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
    Deeper than the underworld^[b]—what can you know?
⁹ Its measurement is longer than the earth
    and broader than the sea.
¹⁰ If God passes by, imprisons someone, and calls a trial,
    who can stop him?
¹¹ He knows worthless people,
    sees sin, and certainly^[c] takes note.
¹² A stupid person becomes intelligent
    when a wild ass of a person is born tame.^[d]

¹³ If you make your mind resolute
        and spread your palms to him,
¹⁴     if you throw out the sin in your hands
        and don’t let injustice dwell in your tents,
¹⁵     then you will lift up your face without blemish;
        you will be secure and not fear.
¹⁶ You will forget trouble;
    you will remember it as water that flows past.
¹⁷ A life span will rise brighter than noon;
    darkness will be like morning.
¹⁸ You will be secure, for there is hope;
    you will look around and rest safely.
¹⁹ You will lie down without anyone to scare you;
    many will beg for your favor.
²⁰ The eyes of the wicked will grow faint;
    flight has vanished from them;
    their hope is a dying gasp.