Book of Job, Chapter 11
Job 11 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 11 of Job—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- ¶ Should not the multitude of words be answered?
¶ And should a man full of talk be justified? - ¶ Should thy boastings make men hold their peace?
¶ And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? - ¶ For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,
¶ And I am clean in thine eyes. - ¶ But oh that God would speak,
¶ And open his lips against thee, - ¶ And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom!
¶ For he is manifold in understanding.
¶ Know therefore that God [a]exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. - ¶ [b]Canst thou by searching find out God?
¶ Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? - ¶ [c]It is high as heaven; what canst thou do?
¶ Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? - ¶ The measure thereof is longer than the earth,
¶ And broader than the sea. - ¶ If he pass through, and shut up,
¶ And [d]all unto judgment, then who can hinder him? - ¶ For he knoweth false men:
¶ He seeth iniquity also, [e]even though he consider it not. - ¶ [f]But vain man is void of understanding,
¶ Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt. - ¶ If thou set thy heart aright,
¶ And stretch out thy hands toward him; - ¶ If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away,
¶ And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. - ¶ Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;
¶ Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: - ¶ For thou shalt forget thy misery;
¶ Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, - ¶ And thy life shall [g]be clearer than the noonday;
¶ Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. - ¶ And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;
¶ Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. - ¶ Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
¶ Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. - ¶ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,
¶ And [h]they shall have no way to flee;
¶ And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, remitteth (Hebrew causeth to be forgotten) unto thee of thine iniquity
- ^ Or, Canst thou find out the deep things of God?
- ^ Hebrew The heights of heaven.
- ^ Hebrew call an assembly.
- ^ Or, and him that considereth not
- ^ Or, But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass’s colt is born a man.
- ^ Or, arise above
- ^ Hebrew refuge is perished from them.
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