Job 11 — FBV
11Verse 1Then Zophar the Naamathite began speaking and said,Verse 2“So many words should be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?Verse 3Should all your babbling force people to keep quiet? When you mock, shouldn't someone make you feel ashamed?Verse 4You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’Verse 5If only God would speak up and tell you directly,Verse 6because then he would explain to you the secrets of wisdom. True wisdom has many sides to it. God's treatment of you is far better than your guilt deserves.Verse 7Can you find out the mysteries of God? Can you discover all the wisdom of the Almighty?+Verse 8It is greater than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol+—what can you know?Verse 9It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.Verse 10If God comes and imprisons someone, or assembles the court for judgment, who can stop him?Verse 11For God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.Verse 12Stupid people will become wise when wild donkeys are born tame!+Verse 13But if you repent+and spread out your hands to pray to him,Verse 14if you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,+Verse 15then you would be able to hold your head high in innocence, you will be firm and unafraid.Verse 16You will forget your misery, remembering it only as water under the bridge.Verse 17Your life will shine brighter than the noonday sun; even darkness will be like the morning.Verse 18You will have confidence because there is hope; you will be protected and rest in safety.Verse 19You will lie down to sleep with no one to frighten you, and many will come asking for your favor.Verse 20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”