Job 11:1 (BSB)
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Job 11:2 (BSB)
“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

Job 11:3 (BSB)
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

Job 11:4 (BSB)
You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’

Job 11:5 (BSB)
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

Job 11:6 (BSB)
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

Job 11:7 (BSB)
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8 (BSB)
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 11:9 (BSB)
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

Job 11:10 (BSB)
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Job 11:11 (BSB)
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

Job 11:12 (BSB)
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Job 11:13 (BSB)
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

Job 11:14 (BSB)
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

Job 11:15 (BSB)
then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.

Job 11:16 (BSB)
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

Job 11:17 (BSB)
Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

Job 11:18 (BSB)
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

Job 11:19 (BSB)
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

Job 11:20 (BSB)
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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