Job 11:1-20 - Zophar's First Response To Job

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said, ² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? ³ Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed? ⁴ For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. ⁵ But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee, ⁶ and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

⁷ Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection? ⁸ It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know? ⁹ The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

¹⁰ If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him? ¹¹ For he knows FALSE men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it? ¹² But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

¹³ If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him, ¹⁴ if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵ Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear. ¹⁶ For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away. ¹⁷ And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. ¹⁸ And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

¹⁹ Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee. ²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.