# Job 11 ## Job 11:1 - [KJV] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, - [ASV] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, - [YLT] And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 11:1 - ## Job 11:2 - [KJV] Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? - [ASV] Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? - [YLT] Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? ### Notes on Job 11:2 - ## Job 11:3 - [KJV] Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? - [ASV] Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? - [YLT] Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing! ### Notes on Job 11:3 - ## Job 11:4 - [KJV] For thou hast said, My doctrine *is* pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. - [ASV] For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. - [YLT] And thou sayest, 'Pure *is* my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.' ### Notes on Job 11:4 - ## Job 11:5 - [KJV] But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; - [ASV] But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, - [YLT] And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. ### Notes on Job 11:5 - ## Job 11:6 - [KJV] And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that *they are* double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee *less* than thine iniquity *deserveth*. - [ASV] And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. - [YLT] And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, *Some* of thine iniquity. ### Notes on Job 11:6 - ## Job 11:7 - [KJV] Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? - [ASV] Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? - [YLT] By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? ### Notes on Job 11:7 - ## Job 11:8 - [KJV] *It is* as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? - [ASV] It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know? - [YLT] Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou? ### Notes on Job 11:8 - ## Job 11:9 - [KJV] The measure thereof *is* longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. - [ASV] The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. - [YLT] Longer than earth *is* its measure, And broader than the sea. ### Notes on Job 11:9 - ## Job 11:10 - [KJV] If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? - [ASV] If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him? - [YLT] If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? ### Notes on Job 11:10 - ## Job 11:11 - [KJV] For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider *it*? - [ASV] For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. - [YLT] For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider *it*! ### Notes on Job 11:11 - ## Job 11:12 - [KJV] For vain man would be wise, though man be born *like* a wild ass's colt. - [ASV] But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born *as* a wild ass's colt. - [YLT] And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born. ### Notes on Job 11:12 - ## Job 11:13 - [KJV] If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; - [ASV] If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; - [YLT] If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, ### Notes on Job 11:13 - ## Job 11:14 - [KJV] If iniquity *be* in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. - [ASV] If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. - [YLT] If iniquity *is* in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents. ### Notes on Job 11:14 - ## Job 11:15 - [KJV] For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: - [ASV] Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: - [YLT] For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not. ### Notes on Job 11:15 - ## Job 11:16 - [KJV] Because thou shalt forget *thy* misery, *and* remember *it* as waters *that* pass away: - [ASV] For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, - [YLT] For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest. ### Notes on Job 11:16 - ## Job 11:17 - [KJV] And *thine* age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. - [ASV] And *thy* life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. - [YLT] And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art. ### Notes on Job 11:17 - ## Job 11:18 - [KJV] And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig *about thee, and* thou shalt take thy rest in safety. - [ASV] And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search *about thee*, and shalt take thy rest in safety. - [YLT] And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down, ### Notes on Job 11:18 - ## Job 11:19 - [KJV] Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make *thee* afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. - [ASV] Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. - [YLT] And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face; ### Notes on Job 11:19 - ## Job 11:20 - [KJV] But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope *shall be as* the giving up of the ghost. - [ASV] But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost. - [YLT] And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope *is* a breathing out of soul! ### Notes on Job 11:20 -