Job 11 Free Bible Version
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite began speaking and said,
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2 “So many words should be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should all your babbling force people to keep quiet? When you mock, shouldn't someone make you feel ashamed?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’
4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
5 If only God would speak up and tell you directly,
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6 because then he would explain to you the secrets of wisdom. True wisdom has many sides to it. God's treatment of you is far better than your guilt deserves.
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 Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom of the Almighty?
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 It is greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9 It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If God comes and imprisons someone, or assembles the court for judgment, who can stop him?
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13 But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to him,
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14 if you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 then you would be able to hold your head high in innocence, you will be firm and unafraid.
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 You will forget your misery, remembering it only as water under the bridge.
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 Your life will shine brighter than the noonday sun; even darkness will be like the morning.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 You will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and rest in safety.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19 You will lie down to sleep with no one to frighten you, and many will come asking for your favor.
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 wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
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)
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- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences