11-1: |
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
11-2: |
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? |
11-3: |
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? |
11-4: |
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. |
11-5: |
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; |
11-6: |
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. |
11-7: |
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
11-8: |
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? |
11-9: |
The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
11-10: |
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
11-11: |
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? |
11-12: |
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. |
11-13: |
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; |
11-14: |
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. |
11-15: |
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: |
11-16: |
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: |
11-17: |
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. |
11-18: |
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. |
11-19: |
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
11-20: |
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |