Job 11

1Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,Cross-references: Job 2:11 · Job 20:1

2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?Cross-references: Job 8:2 · Job 16:3 · Job 18:2 · Ps 140:11 · Prov 10:19 · Acts 17:18 · +1 more

3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?Cross-references: Job 12:4 · Job 13:4 · Job 13:9 · Job 15:2 · Job 17:2 · Job 21:3 · +8 more

4For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’Cross-references: Job 6:10 · Job 6:29 · Job 7:20 · Job 9:2 · Job 10:7 · Job 14:4 · +3 more

5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,Cross-references: Job 23:3 · Job 31:35 · Job 33:6 · Job 38:1 · Job 40:1 · Job 40:8 · +1 more

6that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.Cross-references: Deut 29:29 · Ezra 9:13 · Job 9:4 · Job 15:5 · Job 15:8 · Job 15:11 · +11 more

7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?Cross-references: Job 5:9 · Job 26:14 · Job 37:23 · Ps 77:19 · Ps 145:3 · Eccl 3:11 · +6 more

8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?Cross-references: 2Chr 6:18 · Job 22:12 · Job 26:6 · Job 35:5 · Ps 103:11 · Ps 139:6 · +5 more

9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.Cross-references: Job 28:24 · Ps 65:5 · Ps 139:9

10If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?Cross-references: Deut 32:30 · Job 5:18 · Job 9:4 · Job 9:12 · Job 12:14 · Job 34:29 · +5 more

11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.Cross-references: Job 22:13 · Job 34:21 · Ps 10:11 · Ps 10:14 · Ps 35:22 · Ps 94:11 · +7 more

12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.Cross-references: Job 5:13 · Job 6:5 · Job 12:2 · Job 15:14 · Job 28:28 · Job 39:5 · +13 more

13“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.Cross-references: 1Sam 7:3 · 2Chr 12:14 · 2Chr 19:3 · Job 5:8 · Job 8:5 · Job 22:21 · +5 more

14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.Cross-references: Job 4:7 · Job 22:5 · Job 22:23 · Job 34:32 · Ps 101:2 · Isa 1:15 · +3 more

15Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,Cross-references: Gen 4:5 · Job 10:15 · Job 22:26 · Ps 27:1 · Ps 46:1 · Ps 112:6 · +7 more

16for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.Cross-references: Gen 9:11 · Gen 41:51 · Job 6:15 · Job 22:11 · Prov 31:7 · Eccl 5:20 · +6 more

17Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.Cross-references: 1Chr 29:10 · Job 42:11 · Ps 37:6 · Ps 92:14 · Ps 112:4 · Prov 4:18 · +6 more

18You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.Cross-references: Lev 26:5 · Job 6:11 · Job 7:6 · Job 22:27 · Ps 3:5 · Ps 4:8 · +5 more

19Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.Cross-references: Gen 26:26 · Lev 26:6 · Job 42:8 · Ps 45:12 · Prov 19:6 · Isa 45:14 · +2 more

20But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”Cross-references: Lev 26:16 · Deut 28:65 · Job 8:13 · Job 17:5 · Job 18:14 · Job 27:8 · +12 more