Job 11

₂Should not the multitude of words be answered?

And should a man full of talk be justified?

₃Should thy lies make men hold their peace?

And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

₄For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,

And I am clean in thine eyes.

₅But oh that God would speak,

And open his lips against thee;

₆And 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.

₇Canst thou by searching find out God?

Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

₈It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?

Deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

₉The measure thereof is longer than the earth,

And broader than the sea.

₁₀If he cut off, and shut up,

Or gather together, then who can hinder him?

₁₁For he knoweth vain men:

He seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

₁₂For vain man would be wise,

Though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

₁₃If thou prepare thine heart,

And stretch out thine hands toward him;

₁₄If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away,

And let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

₁₅For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;

Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

₁₆Because thou shalt forget thy misery,

And remember it as waters that pass away:

₁₇And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday;

Thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

₁₈And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;

Yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

₁₉Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;

Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

₂₀But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,

And they shall not escape,

And their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.