Job 11.17
English standard version

Intervention n° 1 de Tsophar

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
² Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
³ Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
⁴ For you say, My doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in God's eyes.
⁵ But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in understanding.
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
⁷ Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
⁸ It is higher than heaven&emdash;what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol&emdash;what can you know?
⁹ Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
¹⁰ If he passes through and imprisons
and summons the court, who can turn him back?
¹¹ For he knows worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
¹² But a stupid man will get understanding
when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!
¹³ If you prepare your heart,
you will stretch out your hands toward him.
¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
¹⁵ Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.
¹⁶ You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
¹⁷ And your life will be brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and take your rest in security.
¹⁹ You will lie down, and none will make you afraid;
many will court your favor.
²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.