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href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Shouldn’t a multitude of words be answered,</p> <p class="poetry2">or a person who talks too much<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:2 Or a talker">a</a></span> be vindicated?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Will your irrational babble silence people,</p> <p class="poetry2">and when you mock them,</p> <p class="poetry2">will you escape without being shamed?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:3 MT has without being humiliated">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You’ve said, ‘My teaching is flawless;</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m clean<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:4 Or pure">c</a></span> in God’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:4 Lit. your">d</a></span> sight.’</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“But what if God were to speak?</p> <p class="poetry2">What if he were<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:5 The Heb. lacks What if he were">e</a></span> to talk<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:5 Lit. open his lips against">f</a></span> with you,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and disclose his wise secrets?</p> <p class="poetry2">After all, there’s so much more<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:6 Lit. double">g</a></span> to understanding.</p> <p class="poetry2">So be aware that God will exact from you</p> <p class="poetry2">less than your sin deserves.”</p> <p class="heading">God’s Wisdom is Unfathomable</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Can you search through God’s complex things?</p> <p class="poetry2">Can you uncover the limits of the Almighty?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>These things are higher than the heavens,</p> <p class="poetry2">so what can you do?</p> <p class="poetry2">They are deeper than Sheol,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:8 i.e. the place where the dead are in the afterlife">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">so what can you know?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are longer than the earth’s circumference,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:9 Lit. measure">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and broader than the ocean.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:10 The Heb. lacks a court">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">who can stop<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:10 Or repel">k</a></span> him?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For he knows mankind’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:11 Lit. men">l</a></span> deceitfulness;</p> <p class="poetry2">when he sees iniquity, won’t he himself consider it?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>An empty-headed person will gain understanding</p> <p class="poetry2">when a wild donkey is born a human being!”</p> <p class="heading">Zophar Counsels Job to Repent</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Now for you, if you will prepare your heart,</p> <p class="poetry2">spread out your hands to him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If you have any iniquity, throw it far away.</p> <p class="poetry2">Don’t let evil<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:14 Or wrong">m</a></span> live in your residence.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:14 Lit. tents">n</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then your confidence will be flawless,</p> <p class="poetry2">and your security will keep you from terror.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You’ll forget your suffering;</p> <p class="poetry2">you’ll remember it like water that has evaporated.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:16 Or has flowed past">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your life will be brighter than noonday.</p> <p class="poetry2">Even its darkness will be like dawn.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You’ll be secure, because there is hope;</p> <p class="poetry2">you’ll see that you’re at rest and safe.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When you sleep, there’ll be nothing to fear;</p> <p class="poetry2">and many will court your favor.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:19 Lit. face">p</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But what the wicked look for will fail;</p> <p class="poetry2">their way of escape will be taken away<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:20 Lit. destroyed">q</a></span> from them;</p> <p class="poetry2">their only hope is to take their final breath.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:20 Lit. is to breathe out their soul">r</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 11:2 Or <i>a talker</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 11:3 MT has <i>without being humiliated</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 11:4 Or <i>pure</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 11:4 Lit. <i>your</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 11:5 The Heb. lacks <i>What if he were</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 11:5 Lit. <i>open his lips against</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 11:6 Lit. <i>double</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 11:8 i.e. the place where the dead are in the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 11:9 Lit. <i>measure</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 11:10 The Heb. lacks <i>a court</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 11:10 Or <i>repel</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 11:11 Lit. <i>men</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 11:14 Or <i>wrong</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 11:14 Lit. <i>tents</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 11:16 Or <i>has flowed past</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 11:19 Lit. <i>face</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 11:20 Lit. 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