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CHAP. XI.

1 Zophar reproueth Iob, for iustifying himselfe. 5 Gods wisdome is vnsearchable. 13 The assured blessing of repentance.

¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

² Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should man ful of talke be iustified?²

Iob reproued.

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

⁴ For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

⁵ But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee,

⁶ And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.

⁷ Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?

⁸ It is as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?⁸

⁹ The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.

¹⁰ If he cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then who can hinder him?¹⁰

¹¹ For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it?

¹² For vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult.¹²

¹³ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

¹⁴ If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.

¹⁵ For then shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not feare:

¹⁶ Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:

¹⁷ And thine age shalbe clearer then the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, thou shalt be as the morning.¹⁷

¹⁸ And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

¹⁹ Also thou shalt lye downe, and none shall make thee afraid; yea many shall make suite vnto thee.¹⁹

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost.²⁰

Job Chapter 11 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

² Hebr. a man of lips.
³ Or, deuises.
⁸ Hebr. the heights of heauen.
¹⁰ Or, make a change. , Hebr. who can turne him away?
¹² Hebr. emptie.
¹⁷ Hebr. shall arise aboue the nooneday.
¹⁹ Leuit. 26. 5. , Hebr. entreat thy face.
²⁰ Heb. flight shall perish from them. , Chap.8. 14. and 18. 14. , Or, a puffe of breath.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania