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Job 11 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Zophar Speaks

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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

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Should this abundance of words go unanswered

and such a talker[fn] be acquitted?

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Should your babbling put others to silence,

so that you can keep on ridiculing

with no one to humiliate you?

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You have said, “My teaching is sound,

and I am pure in your sight.”

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But if only God would speak

and open his lips against you!

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He would show you the secrets of wisdom,

for true wisdom has two sides.

Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.

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Can you fathom the depths of God

or discover the limits of the Almighty?

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They are higher than the heavens ​— ​what can you do?

They are deeper than Sheol ​— ​what can you know?

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Their measure is longer than the earth

and wider than the sea.

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If he passes by and throws someone in prison

or convenes a court, who can stop him?

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Surely he knows which people are worthless.

If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?

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But a stupid person will gain understanding

as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

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As for you, if you redirect your heart

and spread out your hands to him in prayer —

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if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,

and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —

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then you will hold your head high, free from fault.

You will be firmly established and unafraid.

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For you will forget your suffering,

recalling it only as water that has flowed by.

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Your life will be brighter than noonday;

its darkness[fn] will be like the morning.

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You will be confident, because there is hope.

You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

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You will lie down with no one to frighten you,

and many will seek your favor.

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But the sight of the wicked will fail.

Their way of escape will be cut off,

and their only hope is their last breath.

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Lit a man of lips
Text emended; MT reads noonday; you are dark, you
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Job Chapter 11 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras