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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 11 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/job/11.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> > Job 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/10.htm" title="Job 10">◄</a> Job 11 <a href="../job/12.htm" title="Job 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said: <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Should not the multitude of words be answered?</div><div class="po2">And should a man full of talk be accounted right?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thy boastings have made men hold their peace,</div><div class="po2">And thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And thou hast said: ‘My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But oh that God would speak,</div><div class="po2">And open His lips against thee;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom,</div><div class="po2">That sound wisdom is manifold!</div><div class="po2">Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Canst thou find out the deep things of God?</div><div class="po2">Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It is high as heaven; what canst thou do?</div><div class="po2">Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The measure thereof is longer than the earth,</div><div class="po2">And broader than the sea.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If He pass by, and shut up,</div><div class="po2">Or gather in, then who can hinder Him?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For He knoweth base men;</div><div class="po2">And when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But an empty man will get understanding,</div><div class="po2">When a wild ass’s colt is born a man.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If thou set thy heart aright,</div><div class="po2">And stretch out thy hands toward Him—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away,</div><div class="po2">And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;</div><div class="po2">Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For thou shalt forget thy misery;</div><div class="po2">Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday;</div><div class="po2">Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;</div><div class="po2">Yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;</div><div class="po2">Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,</div><div class="po2">And they shall have no way to flee,</div><div class="po2">And their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/job/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>