Job 11:1–12:25
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Job 11:1–12:25 · Psalm 93 (MT: 94) · Proverbs 22:24–25 · Romans 10:1–21
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1Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,
1Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short-lived offspring of woman.
2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
4For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
5But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips with thee!
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
6that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?
8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
10If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass of the desert.
12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
13“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
15Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
16for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noon-day.
17Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
18You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
19Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
20But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
1And Job answered and said,
1Then Job answered,
2So then ye [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you?
2“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
3[But] I also have a heart as well as you.
3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
4For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.
4I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
5For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless,
5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
6even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them.
6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
7But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to thee; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to thee.
7“But ask the animals now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8Tell the earth, if it may speak to thee: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to thee.
8Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.
9Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?
9Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
10Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.
10in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
11For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.
11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
12In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge.
12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.
13With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding.
13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
14If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against men, who shall open?
14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
15If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.
15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
16With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding.
16With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17He leads counsellors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth.
17He leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.
18He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.
18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
19He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth.
19He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
20He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders.
20He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
21He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.
21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
22Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away].
23He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
24Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, [saying],
24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.
25They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.