Job 11

About Job Job wrestles with why the righteous suffer, through Job's losses, his friends' arguments and God's answer.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,SelectedJob 11:1Ask

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?SelectedJob 11:2Ask

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?SelectedJob 11:3Ask

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.SelectedJob 11:4Ask

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;SelectedJob 11:5Ask

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.SelectedJob 11:6Ask

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?SelectedJob 11:7Ask

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?SelectedJob 11:8Ask

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.SelectedJob 11:9Ask

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?SelectedJob 11:10Ask

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?SelectedJob 11:11Ask

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.SelectedJob 11:12Ask

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;SelectedJob 11:13Ask

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.SelectedJob 11:14Ask

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:SelectedJob 11:15Ask

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:SelectedJob 11:16Ask

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.SelectedJob 11:17Ask

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.SelectedJob 11:18Ask

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.SelectedJob 11:19Ask

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.SelectedJob 11:20Ask

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