Thematic Bible

Job 11:1

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Job 11:2

Should this stream of words go unanswered
and such a talker be acquitted?

Job 11:3

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

Job 11:4

You have said, “My teaching is sound,
and I am pure in Your sight.”

Job 11:5

But if only God would speak
and declare His case against you,

Job 11:6

He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.

Job 11:7

Can you fathom the depths of God
or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 11:9

Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.

Job 11:10

If He passes by and throws someone in prison
or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Job 11:11

Surely He knows which people are worthless.
If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?

Job 11:12

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

Job 11:13

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

Job 11:14

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

Job 11:15

then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
You will be firmly established and unafraid.

Job 11:16

For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.

Job 11:17

Your life will be brighter than noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.

Job 11:18

You will be confident, because there is hope.
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

Job 11:19

You will lie down without fear,
and many will seek your favor.
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Job 11:20

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.