Job Chapter 11

• Job 11:1
  Job.
• Job 11:2
  Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
• Job 11:3
  “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
• Job 11:4
  Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
• Job 11:5
  For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
• Job 11:6
  But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
• Job 11:7
  that 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.
• Job 11:8
  “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
• Job 11:9
  They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
• Job 11:10
  Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
• Job 11:11
  If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
• Job 11:12
  For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
• Job 11:13
  An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
• Job 11:14
  “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
• Job 11:15
  If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
• Job 11:16
  Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
• Job 11:17
  for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
• Job 11:18
  Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
• Job 11:19
  You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
• Job 11:20
  Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
• Job 11:21
  But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”