New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 11

Zophar Rebukes Job

1Then Zopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691the Naamathiteהַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.TiH5284respondedוַ֭יַּעַן וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Vai.ya.'an vai.yo.MarH6030 H559,

2“Shall a multitudeהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230of wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697goH6030unansweredלֹ֣אlo'H3808 H6030, And atalkativeשְׂפָתַ֣יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376be acquittedיִצְדָּֽק׃yitz.DakH6663?

3Shall your boastsבַּ֭דֶּיךָBa.dei.khaH907silenceיַחֲרִ֑ישׁוya.cha.Ri.shvH2790peopleמְתִ֣יםme.TimH4962? And will youscoffוַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גva.til.'AgH3932,and noH369oneH369rebukeמַכְלִֽם׃makh.LimH3637?

4Foryou have saidוַ֭תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559, ‘My teachingלִקְחִ֑יlik.ChiH3948is pureזַ֣ךְzakhH2134, AndI amהָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961innocentוּ֝בַ֗רu.VarH1249in your eyesבְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.’

5But ifH4310 H5414onlyH4310 H5414Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433would speakדַּבֵּ֑רda.BerH1696,And openוְיִפְתַּ֖חve.yif.TachH6605His lipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193againstעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973you,

6And showוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046you the secretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587of wisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451!For soundלְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥הle.Tu.shi.YahH8454wisdomH8454has twoH3718sidesH3718.Knowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045then that Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433forgetsיַשֶּׁ֥הya.ShehH5382part ofyour guiltמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771.

7“Can you discoverתִּמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'H4672the depthsהַחֵ֣קֶרha.Che.kerH2714of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433?Can you discoverתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672the limitsתַּכְלִ֖יתtakh.LitH8503of the Almightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706?

8They are ashighגָּבְהֵ֣יga.ve.HeiH1363asthe heavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064;whatמַה־mah-H4100can you doתִּפְעָ֑לtif.'AlH6466?Deeperעֲמֻקָּ֥ה'a.mu.KahH6013thanH4480Sheolמִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלmi.she.'olH7585;whatמַה־mah-H4100can you knowתֵּדָֽע׃te.Da'H3045?

9Its measurementמִדָּ֑הּmi.DahH4055is longerאֲרֻכָּ֣ה'a.ru.KahH752thanH4480the earthמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776And broaderוּ֝רְחָבָ֗הu.re.cha.VahH7342thanH4480the seaיָֽם׃YamH3220.

10Ifאִם־'im-H518He passesיַחֲלֹ֥ףya.cha.LofH2498byH2498or apprehendsוְיַסְגִּ֑ירve.yas.GirH5462people,Or callsH6950anH6950assemblyH6950,whoוּמִ֣יu.MiH4310can restrainיְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ye.shi.Ve.nuH7725Him?

11ForHe knowsיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045falseשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723peopleמְתֵי־me.tei-H4962, And Heseesוַיַּרְא־vai.yar'-H7200injusticeאָ֝֗וֶן'A.venH205withoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808investigatingיִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃yit.bo.NanH995.

12An idiotוְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּבve.'Ish Na.vuvH376 H5014will becomeH3823intelligentH3823When awildפֶּ֝֗רֶאPe.re'H6501donkeyוְעַ֥יִרve.'A.yirH5895is bornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205a humanאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120.

13“Ifאִם־'im-H518you woulddirectהֲכִינ֣וֹתָha.khi.No.taH3559your heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820rightly Andspreadוּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖u.fa.ras.TaH6566outH6566your handsכַּפֶּֽךָ׃ka.Pe.khaH3709to Him,

14Ifאִם־'im-H518wrongdoingאָ֣וֶן'A.venH205is in your handבְּ֭יָדְךָBe.ya.de.khaH3027,putהַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּhar.chi.Ke.huH7368it farH7368awayH7368,And do not let maliceH5767dwellתַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtash.KenH7931in your tentsבְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָbe.'o.ha.Lei.khaH168;

15Thenאָ֤ז׀'azH227,indeedכִּי־ki-H3588, you couldliftתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375upH5375your faceפָנֶ֣יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440withoutH4480moralblemishH4140,And you would be firmlyH3332establishedH3332andnot fearתִירָֽא׃ti.Ra'H3372.

16For you wouldforgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911yourtroubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999; Likewatersכְּמַ֖יִםke.Ma.yimH4325that have passedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674byH5674,you would rememberתִזְכֹּֽר׃tiz.KorH2142it.

17Yourlifeחָ֑לֶדCha.ledH2465wouldbeH6965brighterH6965thanH4480noondayוּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִםU.mi.tzo.ho.ra.yimH6672;DarknessH8591would be like the morningכַּבֹּ֥קֶרka.Bo.kerH1242.

18Then you would trustוּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּU.va.tach.taH982,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588thereH3426isH3426hopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615;And you would lookH2658aroundH2658and restתִּשְׁכָּֽב׃tish.KavH7901securelyלָבֶ֥טַחla.Ve.tachH983.

19You wouldlieוְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּVe.ra.vatz.taH7257downH7257and noneוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369would disturbמַחֲרִ֑ידma.cha.RidH2729you,And manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227wouldflatterוְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָve.chi.Lu fa.Nei.khaH2470 H6440you.

20But theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563will failתִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikh.Lei.nahH3615, And there willbe noאָבַ֣ד'a.VadH6escapeוּ֭מָנוֹסU.ma.nosH4498for them; And theirhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗םve.tik.va.TamH8615isto breatheH4646their lastנָֽפֶשׁ׃ פNa.feshH4646 H5315.”

Zophar Rebukes Job

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