Job 11 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Job 11:1Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,

Job 11:2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman.

Job 11:3

Job 11:3Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?

Job 11:4

Job 11:4For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

Job 11:5

Job 11:5But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips with thee!

Job 11:6

Job 11:6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

Job 11:7

Job 11:7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?

Job 11:8

Job 11:8Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?

Job 11:9

Job 11:9Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

Job 11:10

Job 11:10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?

Job 11:11

Job 11:11For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it.

Job 11:12

Job 11:12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert.

Job 11:13

Job 11:13For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him;

Job 11:14

Job 11:14if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

Job 11:15

Job 11:15For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.

Job 11:16

Job 11:16And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.

Job 11:17

Job 11:17And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee as from the noon-day.

Job 11:18

Job 11:18And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.

Job 11:19

Job 11:19For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.

Job 11:20

Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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