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    Job 11

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    Zophar imagines wisdom arriving no more readily than a wild donkey’s colt being born a man—a comparison so exact that the poor colt has scarcely any room to wriggle.

    A rebuke measured against the Almightyvv. 1–12

    Zophar answers Job’s torrent with a torrent of his own, asking whether such speech should go unanswered and accusing Job of claiming sound doctrine and purity. He wishes God would speak, while admitting that “true wisdom has two sides” without saying what either side might be. The Almighty’s knowledge then expands beyond the heavens, Sheol, the earth, and the sea; no court can restrain him, and no deceit escapes his notice. The argument ends with its wild-donkey comparison: a witless man becoming wise is presented as no more possible than a colt being born human.

    A promised brightnessvv. 13–20

    The speech turns from accusation to conditions. If Job directs his heart, lifts his hands, removes iniquity, and permits no injustice in his tents, Zophar says he will lift his face without blemish and stand unafraid. Misery will pass like waters gone by; life will be brighter than noonday, while its darkness will be like the morning—a wonderfully peculiar piece of weather. Safety, hope, sleep without fear, and the favour of many follow. For the wicked, the ending is much less spacious: failing eyes, no escape, and hope reduced to a last breath.

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    1. Job 11:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

    2. Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

    3. Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

    4. Job 11:4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’

    5. Job 11:5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

    6. Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.

    7. Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

    8. Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

    9. Job 11:9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

    10. Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

    11. Job 11:11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

    12. Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

    13. Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

    14. Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

    15. Job 11:15then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.

    16. Job 11:16For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

    17. Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

    18. Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

    19. Job 11:19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

    20. Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

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    • 18Proverbs 3:24–26When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
    • 6Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
    • 17Isaiah 58:8–10Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
    • 11Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
    • 11Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
    • 17Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
    • 7Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
    • 13Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
    • 13Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
    • 16Isaiah 65:16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
    • 17Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
    • 6Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
    • 14Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
    • 15Job 22:26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
    • 18Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
    • 18Psalms 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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