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Job 11  Legacy Standard Bible

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a (A)man of lips be in the right?
3 Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you (B)mock and none rebuke?
4 (C)You have said, ‘My learning is pure,
And (D)I am innocent in your eyes.’
5 But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 And tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom [a](E)has two sides.
Know then that God [b]forgets a part of (F)your iniquity.

7 “(G)Can you find the depths of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are (H)high as [c]the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than (I)Sheol, what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 If He sweeps by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, (J)who can turn Him around?
11 For (K)He knows worthless men,
And He (L)sees wickedness, [d]so will He not carefully consider it?
12 [e](M)Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,
And the [f]foal of a (N)wild donkey is born a man.

13 “(O)If you would (P)set your heart right
And (Q)spread out your hand to Him,
14 If wickedness is in your hand, (R)put it far away,
And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;
15 Then, indeed, you could (S)lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and (T)not fear.
16 For you would (U)forget your trouble,
As (V)waters that pass by, so you would remember it.
17 And your lifetime would (W)arise brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would search around and rest securely.
19 You would (X)lie down and none would make you tremble,
And many would (Y)entreat your [g]favor.
20 But the (Z)eyes of the wicked will come to an end,
And escape will (AA)perish from them;
And their (AB)hope is (AC)the expiring of their soul.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 Lit is double
  2. Job 11:6 Lit causes to be forgotten for you
  3. Job 11:8 Lit the heights of heaven
  4. Job 11:11 Or even He does not consider
  5. Job 11:12 Lit A hollow man
  6. Job 11:12 Lit donkey
  7. Job 11:19 Lit face

Cross references

  1. Job 11:2 : Job 8:2; 15:2; 18:2
  2. Job 11:3 : Job 17:2; 21:3
  3. Job 11:4 : Job 6:10
  4. Job 11:4 : Job 10:7
  5. Job 11:6 : Job 9:4
  6. Job 11:6 : Job 15:5; 22:5
  7. Job 11:7 : Job 33:12, 13; 36:26; 37:5, 23; Rom 11:33
  8. Job 11:8 : Job 22:12; 35:5
  9. Job 11:8 : Job 26:6; 38:17
  10. Job 11:10 : Job 9:12
  11. Job 11:11 : Job 34:21-23
  12. Job 11:11 : Job 24:23; 28:24; 31:4
  13. Job 11:12 : Ps 39:5, 11; 62:9; 144:4; Eccl 1:2; 11:10
  14. Job 11:12 : Job 39:5
  15. Job 11:13 : Job 5:17-27; 11:13-20
  16. Job 11:13 : 1 Sam 7:3; Ps 78:8
  17. Job 11:13 : Job 22:27; Ps 88:9; 143:6
  18. Job 11:14 : Job 22:23
  19. Job 11:15 : Job 22:26
  20. Job 11:15 : Ps 27:3; 46:2
  21. Job 11:16 : Is 65:16
  22. Job 11:16 : Job 22:11
  23. Job 11:17 : Job 22:26
  24. Job 11:19 : Lev 26:6; Is 17:2; Mic 4:4; Zeph 3:13
  25. Job 11:19 : Is 45:14
  26. Job 11:20 : Deut 28:65; Job 17:5
  27. Job 11:20 : Job 27:22; 34:22
  28. Job 11:20 : Job 8:13
  29. Job 11:20 : Job 6:9
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