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

Job 11:1

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

Job 11:2

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.
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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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