{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jps/job011.htm","path":"bib/jps/job011.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/job011.htm","text":"11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:\n11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?\n11:3 Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;\n11:4 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'\n11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;\n11:6 And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.\n11:7 Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?\n11:8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?\n11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.\n11:10 If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?\n11:11 For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?\n11:12 But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.\n11:13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him--\n11:14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents--\n11:15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;\n11:16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;\n11:17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.\n11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.\n11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.\n11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.","title":"Jewish Publication Society Bible: Job 11","type":"page"}