Job 11

Berean Standard Bible

Zophar Rebukes Job

1Then ZopharH6691 the NaamathiteH5284 H559 repliedH6030:

2“Should this streamH7230 of wordsH1697 go unansweredH3808 H6030and suchH518 a speakerH376 H8193 be vindicatedH6663?3Should your babblingH907 put othersH4962 to silenceH2790?Will you scoffH3932 withoutH369 rebukeH3637?4You have saidH559, ‘My doctrineH3948 is soundH2134,and I amH1961 pureH1249 in Your sightH5869.’5ButH199 if onlyH4310 H5414 GodH433 would speakH1696and openH6605 His lipsH8193 against youH5973,6and discloseH5046 to you the secretsH8587 of wisdomH2451,forH3588 true wisdomH8454 has two sidesH3718.KnowH3045 then thatH3588 GodH433 exactsH5382 from youless than your iniquityH5771 deserves.

7Can you fathomH4672 the deep thingsH2714 of GodH433orH518 H5704 discoverH4672 the limitsH8503 of the AlmightyH7706?8They are higherH1363 than the heavensH8064—whatH4100 can you doH6466?They are deeperH6013 than SheolH7585—whatH4100 can you knowH3045?9Their measureH4055 is longerH752 thanH4480 the earthH776and widerH7342 than the seaH3220.

10IfH518 He comes alongH2498 to imprison youH5462,or convenes a courtH6950, whoH4310 can stop HimH7725?11SurelyH3588 HeH1931 knowsH3045 the deceitH7723 of menH4962.If He seesH7200 iniquityH205, does He notH3808 take noteH995?12But a witlessH5014 manH376 can no more become wiseH3823than the coltH5895 of a wild donkeyH6501 can be bornH3205 a manH120!1

13As for youH859, ifH518 you directH3559 your heartH3820and lift upH6566 your handsH3709 to HimH413,14ifH518 you put awayH7368 the iniquityH205 in your handH3027,and allow noH408 injusticeH5766 to dwellH7931 in your tentsH168,15thenH227 indeedH3588 you will lift upH5375 your faceH6440 without blemishH3971;you willH1961 stand firmH3332 and unafraidH3808 H3372.16ForH3588 youH859 will forgetH7911 your miseryH5999,recallingH2142 it only as watersH4325 gone byH5674.17Your lifeH2465 will be brighterH6965 than noondayH6672;its darknessH5774 will beH1961 like the morningH1242.18You will be secureH982, becauseH3588 there isH3426 hopeH8615,and you will look aroundH2658 and lie downH7901 in safetyH983.

19You will lie downH7257 withoutH369 fearH2729,and manyH7227 will courtH2470 your favorH6440.20But the eyesH5869 of the wickedH7563 will failH3615,and escapeH4498 will elude themH6 H4480;they will hopeH8615 for their last breathH4646 H5315.”