Zophar reproves Job

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