Job · Revised Version with Apocrypha
Job 11 Revised Version with Apocrypha
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1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that is manifold in effectual working! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he pass through, and shut up, and call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 But vain man is void of understanding, yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13 If thou set thine heart aright, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents;
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 And [thy ]life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety.
18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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 shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
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
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