{"reference":"Job 11","verses":[{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":1,"text":"Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":2,"text":"“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered?\nShould a man full of talk be justified?\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":3,"text":"Should your boastings make men hold their peace?\nWhen you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":4,"text":"For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.\nI am clean in your eyes.’\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":5,"text":"But oh that God would speak,\nand open his lips against you,\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":6,"text":"that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!\nFor true wisdom has two sides.\nKnow therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":7,"text":"“Can you fathom the mystery of God?\nOr can you probe the limits of the Almighty?\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":8,"text":"They are high as heaven. What can you do?\nThey are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":9,"text":"Its measure is longer than the earth,\nand broader than the sea.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":10,"text":"If he passes by, or confines,\nor convenes a court, then who can oppose him?\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":11,"text":"For he knows false men.\nHe sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":12,"text":"An empty-headed man becomes wise\nwhen a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":13,"text":"“If you set your heart aright,\nstretch out your hands toward him.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":14,"text":"If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.\nDon’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":15,"text":"Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot;\nYes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":16,"text":"for you shall forget your misery.\nYou shall remember it like waters that have passed away.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":17,"text":"Life shall be clearer than the noonday.\nThough there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":18,"text":"You shall be secure, because there is hope.\nYes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":19,"text":"Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid.\nYes, many shall court your favor.\n"},{"book_id":"JOB","book_name":"Job","chapter":11,"verse":20,"text":"But the eyes of the wicked shall fail.\nThey shall have no way to flee.\nTheir hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”\n"}],"text":"Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,\n“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered?\nShould a man full of talk be justified?\nShould your boastings make men hold their peace?\nWhen you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?\nFor you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.\nI am clean in your eyes.’\nBut oh that God would speak,\nand open his lips against you,\nthat he would show you the secrets of wisdom!\nFor true wisdom has two sides.\nKnow therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.\n“Can you fathom the mystery of God?\nOr can you probe the limits of the Almighty?\nThey are high as heaven. What can you do?\nThey are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?\nIts measure is longer than the earth,\nand broader than the sea.\nIf he passes by, or confines,\nor convenes a court, then who can oppose him?\nFor he knows false men.\nHe sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.\nAn empty-headed man becomes wise\nwhen a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.\n“If you set your heart aright,\nstretch out your hands toward him.\nIf iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.\nDon’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.\nSurely then you shall lift up your face without spot;\nYes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:\nfor you shall forget your misery.\nYou shall remember it like waters that have passed away.\nLife shall be clearer than the noonday.\nThough there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.\nYou shall be secure, because there is hope.\nYes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.\nAlso you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid.\nYes, many shall court your favor.\nBut the eyes of the wicked shall fail.\nThey shall have no way to flee.\nTheir hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”\n","translation_id":"web","translation_name":"World English Bible","translation_note":"Public Domain"}