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Job 11

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¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

² Should this abundance 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 open his lips 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 iniquity. ⓜ

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 person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

¹³ As for you, if you redirect your heart and spread out 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 water that has flowed by.

¹⁷ Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness [2] 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 with no one to frighten you, 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. ⓙ

#	CSB
1	Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2	Should this abundance 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 open his lips 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 iniquity. ⓜ
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 person will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
13	As for you, if you redirect your heart and spread out 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 water that has flowed by.
17	Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness [2] 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 with no one to frighten you, 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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