Job 11 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered? Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should your boasting make others remain silent? When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?
4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure, I am blameless in your 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 you;
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For he is great in understanding. Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity 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 understand God by searching for him? Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?
7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 The matter is as high as heaven; 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 Its measure is longer than the earth, and wider than the sea.
9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up, if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?
10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11 For he knows false people; when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
12 But foolish people have no understanding; they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
13 But suppose that you had set your heart right and had reached out with your hands toward God;
13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.
14 suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you, and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents.
14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame; indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.
15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,
16 You would forget your misery; you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.
17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday; though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.
17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
18 You would be secure because there is hope; indeed, you would find safety about you and would take your 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 you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid; indeed, many would seek 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 wicked people will fail; they will have no way to flee; their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”
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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