Job 11 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Job 11:1Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

Job 11:2Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

Job 11:3Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

Job 11:4You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

Job 11:5But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

Job 11:6And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

Job 11:7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

Job 11:8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

Job 11:9Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

Job 11:10If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

Job 11:11For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

Job 11:12And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

Job 11:13But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

Job 11:14If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

Job 11:15Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

Job 11:16For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

Job 11:17And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

Job 11:18And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

Job 11:19Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

Job 11:20But 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.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.