Job 11
About Job Job wrestles with why the righteous suffer, through Job's losses, his friends' arguments and God's answer.
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,SelectedJob 11:1Ask
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?SelectedJob 11:2Ask
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?SelectedJob 11:3Ask
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.SelectedJob 11:4Ask
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;SelectedJob 11:5Ask
6And 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
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?SelectedJob 11:7Ask
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?SelectedJob 11:8Ask
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.SelectedJob 11:9Ask
10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?SelectedJob 11:10Ask
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?SelectedJob 11:11Ask
12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.SelectedJob 11:12Ask
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;SelectedJob 11:13Ask
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.SelectedJob 11:14Ask
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:SelectedJob 11:15Ask
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:SelectedJob 11:16Ask
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.SelectedJob 11:17Ask
18And 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
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.SelectedJob 11:19Ask
20But 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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