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Job 11

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

² Should this stream of words ⓐ go unanswered and such a talker [1] be acquitted?

³ Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you?

⁴ You have said, “My teaching ⓑ is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.”

⁵ But if only God would speak and declare His case [2] against you,

⁶ He would show you the secrets of wisdom, ⓒ for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin. ⓓ

⁷ Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? ⓔ

⁸ They are higher than the heavens — what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol — what can you know? ⓕ

⁹ Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

¹⁰ If He passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him? ⓖ

¹¹ Surely He knows which people are worthless. If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it? ⓗ

¹² But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

¹³ As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer —

¹⁴ if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —

¹⁵ then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid. ⓘ

¹⁶ For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.

¹⁷ Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness [3] will be like the morning. ⓙ

¹⁸ You will be confident, because there is hope. ⓚ You will look carefully about and lie down in safety. ⓛ

¹⁹ You will lie down without fear, and many will seek your favor. ⓜ

²⁰ But the sight of the wicked ⓝ will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath. ⓞ

#	HCSB
1	Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2	Should this stream of words ⓐ go unanswered and such a talker [1] be acquitted?
3	Should your babbling put others to silence, so that you can keep on ridiculing with no one to humiliate you?
4	You have said, “My teaching ⓑ is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.”
5	But if only God would speak and declare His case [2] against you,
6	He would show you the secrets of wisdom, ⓒ for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin. ⓓ
7	Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? ⓔ
8	They are higher than the heavens — what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol — what can you know? ⓕ
9	Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10	If He passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him? ⓖ
11	Surely He knows which people are worthless. If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it? ⓗ
12	But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!
13	As for you, if you redirect your heart and lift up your hands to Him in prayer —
14	if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —
15	then you will hold your head high, free from fault. You will be firmly established and unafraid. ⓘ
16	For you will forget your suffering, recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.
17	Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness [3] will be like the morning. ⓙ
18	You will be confident, because there is hope. ⓚ You will look carefully about and lie down in safety. ⓛ
19	You will lie down without fear, and many will seek your favor. ⓜ
20	But the sight of the wicked ⓝ will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath. ⓞ

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^{Job 11:12 [16]} Or wild donkey can be born tame

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