Job 11 Bible in Basic English
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2 Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13 But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;
18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19 Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;
19 Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
20 But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
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Zophar
Zophar the Naamathite, one of Job's three friends, who answered Job in the dialogues and did what the LORD told him after the LORD's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Job 2:11; Job 11:1; Job 20:1
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 2:11; Job 20:1
- 2 James 1:19; Proverbs 10:19; Job 18:2; Job 8:2; Acts 17:18
- 3 Job 17:2; Jude 18; Job 21:3; Psalm 83:16; Job 15:2–3
- 4 Job 10:7; Job 6:10; 1 Peter 3:15; Job 34:5–6; Job 35:2
- 5 Job 38:1–2; Job 31:35; Job 23:3–7; Job 40:1–5; Job 42:7
- 6 Ezra 9:13; Lamentations 3:22; Daniel 2:28; Ephesians 3:5; Matthew 13:35
- 7 Romans 11:33; Psalm 145:3; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Isaiah 40:28; Job 5:9
- 8 Job 22:12; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 139:6–8; Psalm 148:13; Job 26:6
- 9 Psalm 139:9–10; Job 28:24–25; Psalm 65:5–8
- 10 Job 9:12–13; Job 12:14; Revelation 3:7; Isaiah 41:27; Daniel 4:35
- 11 Psalm 10:14; Hebrews 4:13; Revelation 2:23; John 2:24–25; Psalm 10:11
- 12 Job 39:5–8; James 2:20; Psalm 73:22; Jeremiah 2:24; James 3:13–17
- 13 Psalm 143:6; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 78:8; 1 Samuel 7:3; Job 8:5–6
- 14 Job 22:23; James 4:8; Job 4:7; Psalm 101:2; Isaiah 1:15
- 15 Job 22:26; 1 John 3:19–22; 1 John 2:28; 1 Timothy 2:8; Psalm 27:1
- 16 Isaiah 65:16; Ecclesiastes 5:20; Isaiah 54:9; John 16:21; Isaiah 54:4
- 17 Isaiah 58:8–10; Psalm 37:6; Proverbs 4:18; Zechariah 14:6–7; Hosea 6:3
- 18 Proverbs 3:24–26; Psalm 3:5; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 4:8; Leviticus 26:5–6
- 19 Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 45:14; Psalm 45:12; Leviticus 26:6; Revelation 3:9
- 20 Deuteronomy 28:65; Job 31:16; Job 17:5; Job 8:13–14; Luke 16:23–26
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