Job 11 — Legacy Standard Bible

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

11Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

²“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,And a ^aman of lips be in the right?³“Shall your boasts silence men?And shall you ^amock and none rebuke?⁴“^aYou have said, ‘My learning is pure,And ^bI am innocent in your eyes.’⁵“But would that God might speak,And open His lips against you,⁶And tell you the secrets of wisdom!For sound wisdom ¹^,^ahas two sides.Know then that God ²forgets a part of ^byour iniquity.⁷“^aCan you find the depths of God?Can you find the limits of the Almighty?⁸“They are ^ahigh as ¹the heavens, what can you do?Deeper than ^bSheol, what can you know?⁹“Its measure is longer than the earthAnd broader than the sea.¹⁰“If He sweeps by or shuts up,Or calls an assembly, ^awho can turn Him around?¹¹“For ^aHe knows worthless men,And He ^bsees wickedness, ¹so will He not carefully consider it?¹²“¹^,^aYet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,And the ²foal of a ^bwild donkey is born a man.¹³“^aIf you would ^bset your heart rightAnd ^cspread out your hand to Him,¹⁴If wickedness is in your hand, ^aput it far away,And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;¹⁵Then, indeed, you could ^alift up your face without moral defect,And you would be steadfast and ^bnot fear.¹⁶“For you would ^aforget your trouble,As ^bwaters that pass by, so you would remember it.¹⁷“And your lifetime would ^aarise 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 ^alie down and none would make you tremble,And many would ^bentreat your ¹favor.²⁰“But the ^aeyes of the wicked will come to an end,And escape will ^bperish from them;And their ^chope is ^dthe expiring of their soul.”