Add parallel Print Page Options

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a (A)man of lips be in the right?
Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you (B)mock and none rebuke?
(C)You have said, ‘My learning is pure,
And (D)I am innocent in your eyes.’
But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
And tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom [a](E)has two sides.
Know then that God [b]forgets a part of (F)your iniquity.

(G)Can you find the depths of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
They are (H)high as [c]the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than (I)Sheol, what can you know?
Its measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 If He sweeps by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, (J)who can turn Him around?
11 For (K)He knows worthless men,
And He (L)sees wickedness, [d]so will He not carefully consider it?
12 [e](M)Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,
And the [f]foal of a (N)wild donkey is born a man.

13 (O)If you would (P)set your heart right
And (Q)spread out your hand to Him,
14 If wickedness is in your hand, (R)put it far away,
And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;
15 Then, indeed, you could (S)lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and (T)not fear.
16 For you would (U)forget your trouble,
As (V)waters that pass by, so you would remember it.
17 And your lifetime would (W)arise brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would search around and rest securely.
19 You would (X)lie down and none would make you tremble,
And many would (Y)entreat your [g]favor.
20 But the (Z)eyes of the wicked will come to an end,
And escape will (AA)perish from them;
And their (AB)hope is (AC)the expiring of their soul.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 11:6 Lit is double
  2. Job 11:6 Lit causes to be forgotten for you
  3. Job 11:8 Lit the heights of heaven
  4. Job 11:11 Or even He does not consider
  5. Job 11:12 Lit A hollow man
  6. Job 11:12 Lit donkey
  7. Job 11:19 Lit face

瑣法的回答

11 拿瑪人瑣法回答說:
「難道滔滔不絕就無人反駁?
難道嘮嘮叨叨就證明有理?
你喋喋不休,人們豈能緘默不言?
你嘲笑譏諷,豈不該有人使你羞愧?
你自以為信仰純全,
在上帝眼中清白。
唯願上帝發言,
開口駁斥你,
告訴你智慧的奧秘,
因為真智慧深奧難懂。
要知道,上帝對你的懲罰比你該受的還輕。

「你能測度上帝的深奧,
探索全能者的極限嗎?
那可比諸天還高,你能做什麼?
那可比陰間還深,你能知道什麼?
那可比大地還寬廣,
比海洋還遼闊。
10 祂若來囚禁你,
開庭審判,
誰能阻攔?
11 祂洞悉詭詐之人,
看見罪惡,
豈會不理?
12 愚蠢人若能變得聰明,
野驢駒也可生成人樣。

13 「你若把心安正,
向祂舉手禱告;
14 你若除去自己的罪惡,
不容帳篷裡有任何不義,
15 就必能無愧地仰起臉,
站立得穩,無所畏懼。
16 你必忘記自己的苦楚,
它從你記憶中如流水逝去。
17 你的人生將比正午還光明,
生命中的黑暗也必像黎明。
18 你必充滿盼望,感到安穩,
你必得到保護,安然入睡。
19 你睡覺時必無人驚擾,
許多人必求你施恩。
20 但惡人必眼目失明,無路可逃,
他們的指望只有死亡。」