Job Chapter 11
1 Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2 “Should your barrage of words go unchallenged,
and you exonerate yourself by talking a lot?
3 Will your babble shut people up?
Will you mock and nobody rebuke you?
4 You claim your beliefs are pure
and you’re innocent in God’s presence;
5 but I just wish God would speak out against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
because sound wisdom is not simple;
be assured that God doesn’t remember
just one part of your sin.
Job 11:1-6
7 “Can you find out the deep things of God
or probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They’re higher than the sky—what can you do?
They’re deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 They measure longer than the world
and wider than the sea.
10 If he passes through or imprisons
or calls to judgment, who can stop him?
11 He knows worthless people;
he knows about their sin without having to investigate.
12 A stupid man can no more become intelligent
than a wild donkey can have a baby.
Job 11:7-12
13 “If you set your heart right,
you can raise your hands and pray to him.
14 If there’s sin in you, get rid of it;
don’t let it live in your house.
15 Then you can hold your head up,
be steadfast and unafraid.
16 You can forget your misery
and remember it like water gone by.
17 Your life will become brighter than noonday;
darkness will be like morning.
18 Then you’ll have confidence because of hope,
be protected, and rest in safety.
19 You’ll lie down, and no one will disturb you;
others will ask for your blessing.
20 But the eyes of sinners will be blinded;
they can’t escape;
their only hope is death.”
Job 11:13-20