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Job 11
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Job 11 . 1
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:TOSKJob 11:1
Job 11 . 2
2 “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?TOSKJob 11:2
Job 11 . 3
3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?TOSKJob 11:3
Job 11 . 4
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’TOSKJob 11:4
Job 11 . 5
5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,TOSKJob 11:5
Job 11 . 6
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.TOSKJob 11:6
Job 11 . 7
7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?TOSKJob 11:7
Job 11 . 8
8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?TOSKJob 11:8
Job 11 . 9
9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.TOSKJob 11:9
Job 11 . 10
10 If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?TOSKJob 11:10
Job 11 . 11
11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?TOSKJob 11:11
Job 11 . 12
12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!TOSKJob 11:12
Job 11 . 13
13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,TOSKJob 11:13
Job 11 . 14
14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,TOSKJob 11:14
Job 11 . 15
15 then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.TOSKJob 11:15
Job 11 . 16
16 For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.TOSKJob 11:16
Job 11 . 17
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.TOSKJob 11:17
Job 11 . 18
18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.TOSKJob 11:18
Job 11 . 19
19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.TOSKJob 11:19
Job 11 . 20
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”TOSKJob 11:20