Job 11 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

² Should not the multitude of words be answered?\par\tab And should a man full of talk be justified?

³ Should thy boastings make men hold their peace?\par\tab And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

⁴ For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,\par\tab And I am clean in thine eyes.

⁵ But oh that God would speak,\par\tab And open his lips against thee,

⁶ And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom!\par\tab For he is manifold in understanding.\par\tab Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.\par

⁷ Canst thou by searching find out God?\par\tab Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

⁸ It is high as heaven; what canst thou do?\par\tab Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

⁹ The measure thereof is longer than the earth,\par\tab And broader than the sea.

¹⁰ If he pass through, and shut up,\par\tab And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

¹¹ For he knoweth false men:\par\tab He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

¹² But vain man is void of understanding,\par\tab Yea, man is born {\i as} a wild ass's colt.\par

¹³ If thou set thy heart aright,\par\tab And stretch out thy hands toward him;

¹⁴ If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away,\par\tab And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

¹⁵ Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;\par\tab Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

¹⁶ For thou shalt forget thy misery;\par\tab Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

¹⁷ And {\i thy} life shall be clearer than the noonday;\par\tab Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

¹⁸ And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;\par\tab Yea, thou shalt search {\i about thee}, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

¹⁹ Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;\par\tab Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,\par\tab And they shall have no way to flee;\par\tab And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.\par