nkjv Job:11-13
nkjv@Job:11:1 @ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
nkjv@Job:11:2 @ "Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
nkjv@Job:11:3 @ Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
nkjv@Job:11:4 @ For you have said, "My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.'
nkjv@Job:11:5 @ But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,
nkjv@Job:11:6 @ That He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For they would double your prudence. Know therefore that God exacts from you Less than your iniquity deserves.
nkjv@Job:11:7 @ "Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
nkjv@Job:11:8 @ They are higher than heaven-- what can you do? Deeper than Sheol-- what can you know?
nkjv@Job:11:9 @ Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
nkjv@Job:11:10 @ "If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?
nkjv@Job:11:11 @ For He knows deceitful men; He sees wickedness also. Will He not then consider it?
nkjv@Job:11:12 @ For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey's colt is born a man.
nkjv@Job:11:13 @ "If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;
nkjv@Job:11:14 @ If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
nkjv@Job:11:15 @ Then surely you could lift up your face without spot; Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
nkjv@Job:11:16 @ Because you would forget your misery, And remember it as waters that have passed away,
nkjv@Job:11:17 @ And your life would be brighter than noonday. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
nkjv@Job:11:18 @ And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
nkjv@Job:11:19 @ You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor.
nkjv@Job:11:20 @ But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope--loss of life!"
nkjv@Job:12:1 @ Then Job answered and said:
nkjv@Job:12:2 @ "No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!
nkjv@Job:12:3 @ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
nkjv@Job:12:4 @ "I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
nkjv@Job:12:5 @ A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
nkjv@Job:12:6 @ The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand.
nkjv@Job:12:7 @ "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
nkjv@Job:12:8 @ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
nkjv@Job:12:9 @ Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
nkjv@Job:12:10 @ In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
nkjv@Job:12:11 @ Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
nkjv@Job:12:12 @ Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
nkjv@Job:12:13 @ "With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
nkjv@Job:12:14 @ If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
nkjv@Job:12:15 @ If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
nkjv@Job:12:16 @ With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
nkjv@Job:12:17 @ He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.
nkjv@Job:12:18 @ He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.
nkjv@Job:12:19 @ He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
nkjv@Job:12:20 @ He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.
nkjv@Job:12:21 @ He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.
nkjv@Job:12:22 @ He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
nkjv@Job:12:23 @ He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
nkjv@Job:12:24 @ He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
nkjv@Job:12:25 @ They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
nkjv@Job:13:1 @ "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
nkjv@Job:13:2 @ What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
nkjv@Job:13:3 @ But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
nkjv@Job:13:4 @ But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.
nkjv@Job:13:5 @ Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom!
nkjv@Job:13:6 @ Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings of my lips.
nkjv@Job:13:7 @ Will you speak wickedly for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?
nkjv@Job:13:8 @ Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
nkjv@Job:13:9 @ Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
nkjv@Job:13:10 @ He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality.
nkjv@Job:13:11 @ Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
nkjv@Job:13:12 @ Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.
nkjv@Job:13:13 @ "Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
nkjv@Job:13:14 @ Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hands?
nkjv@Job:13:15 @ Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
nkjv@Job:13:16 @ He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
nkjv@Job:13:17 @ Listen carefully to my speech, And to my declaration with your ears.
nkjv@Job:13:18 @ See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
nkjv@Job:13:19 @ Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
nkjv@Job:13:20 @ "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide myself from You:
nkjv@Job:13:21 @ Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
nkjv@Job:13:22 @ Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
nkjv@Job:13:23 @ How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
nkjv@Job:13:24 @ Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?
nkjv@Job:13:25 @ Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?
nkjv@Job:13:26 @ For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
nkjv@Job:13:27 @ You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
nkjv@Job:13:28 @ "Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
nkjv@Job:14:1 @ "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.