AFV2020 - Job - 11

11:1  Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

11:2  "Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

11:3  Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

11:4  For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.'

11:5  But oh, that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

11:6  And would tell you the secrets of His wisdom. For sound wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

11:7  Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

11:8  They are higher than the heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than the pit, what can you know?

11:9  The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

11:10  If He passes through and imprisons, or convenes a court, then who can turn Him back?

11:11  For He knows vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not take note?

11:12  For vain man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey's colt.

11:13  If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;

11:14  If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tabernacles;

11:15  Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast and shall not fear;

11:16  For you shall forget your misery, and you shall remember it as waters that pass away.

11:17  And your life shall be brighter than the noonday; darkness shall be as the morning.

11:18  And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

11:19  You shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yea, many shall seek your favor.

11:20  But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit."