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epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Should this abundance of words<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> go unanswered</p><p class="poem">and such a talker<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.11.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> be acquitted?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Should your babbling put others to silence,</p><p class="poem">so that you can keep on ridiculing</p><p class="poem">with no one to humiliate you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You have said, “My teaching<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is sound,</p><p class="poem">and I am pure in your sight.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if only God would speak</p><p class="poem">and open his lips against you!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He would show you the secrets of wisdom,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for true wisdom has two sides.</p><p class="poem">Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Can you fathom the depths of God</p><p class="poem">or discover the limits of the Almighty?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They are higher than the heavens — what can you do?</p><p class="poem">They are deeper than Sheol — what can you know?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Their measure is longer than the earth</p><p class="poem">and wider than the sea.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If he passes by and throws someone in prison</p><p class="poem">or convenes a court, who can stop him?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Surely he knows which people are worthless.</p><p class="poem">If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But a stupid person will gain understanding</p><p class="poem">as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As for you, if you redirect your heart</p><p class="poem">and spread out your hands to him in prayer —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,</p><p class="poem">and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>then you will hold your head high, free from fault.</p><p class="poem">You will be firmly established and unafraid.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For you will forget your suffering,</p><p class="poem">recalling it only as water that has flowed by.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Your life will be brighter than noonday;</p><p class="poem">its darkness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.11.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will be like the morning.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You will be confident, because there is hope.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You will lie down with no one to frighten you,</p><p class="poem">and many will seek your favor.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.11.20" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the sight of the wicked<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will fail.</p><p class="poem">Their way of escape will be cut off,</p><p class="poem">and their only hope is their last breath.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.11.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.11" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.11.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.2">11:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">a man of lips</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.11.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.17">11:17</a></span> Text emended; MT reads <span class="italic">noonday; you are dark, you</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.11" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.11.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.2">11:2</a></span> Jb 8:2; Pr 10:19; Ec 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.4">11:4</a></span> Dt 32:2; Pr 4:2; Is 29:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.6">11:6</a></span> Jb 28:12; 38:36; Ec 7:23,25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.6">11:6</a></span> Ezr 9:13; Ps 103:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.7">11:7</a></span> Ec 3:11; 8:17; Rm 11:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.8">11:8</a></span> Dt 30:12–13; Ps 139:8–9; Am 9:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.10">11:10</a></span> Jb 9:12; 23:13; Rv 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.11">11:11</a></span> Jb 34:25; Ps 10:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.15">11:15</a></span> Jb 22:26; Ps 119:6; 1Jn 3:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.17">11:17</a></span> Jb 17:12; Ps 37:6; Is 58:8,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.18">11:18</a></span> Jb 4:6; Ps 119:116; Jr 17:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.18">11:18</a></span> Jb 24:23; Ps 4:8; Pr 3:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.19">11:19</a></span> Ps 45:12; Pr 19:6; 29:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.20">11:20</a></span> Jb 3:17; 9:22; 18:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.11.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.11.20">11:20</a></span> Jb 8:13; Pr 10:28; 11:7</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.11" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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