Job 11:13-20
Lexham English Bible
13 “If you yourself[a] direct your heart
and stretch out your hands to him—
14 if iniquity[b] is in your hand, put it far away,
and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents—
15 surely then you will lift up your face without[c] blemish,
and you will be firmly established and will not fear.[d]
16 For you yourself[e] will forget your misery;
you will remember it as water that has flowed past.
17 “And your life will be brighter than noon;[f]
its darkness will be like the morning.
18 And you will have confidence because there is hope;
and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.[g]
19 And you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;[h]
and many will entreat your favor.[i]
20 But[j] the eyes of the wicked will fail;
and refuge will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last breath.”[k]
Footnotes
- Job 11:13 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 11:14 See v. 11, where the same word is used
- Job 11:15 Hebrew “from”
- Job 11:15 Hebrew “and not will you fear”
- Job 11:16 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 11:17 Literally “And from noon lifespan will arise”
- Job 11:18 Literally “you will lie down securely”
- Job 11:19 Literally “there is not making afraid”
- Job 11:19 Literally “and they will appease/implore your faces many”
- Job 11:20 Hebrew “And”
- Job 11:20 Literally “the expiring of soul”
Job 11:13-20
New American Standard Bible
13 “(A)If you would (B)direct your heart rightly
And (C)spread out your hands to Him,
14 If wrongdoing is in your hand, (D)put it far away,
And do not let malice dwell in your tents;
15 Then, indeed, you could (E)lift up your face without moral blemish,
And you would be firmly established and (F)not fear.
16 For you would (G)forget your trouble;
Like (H)waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
17 Your [a]life would [b]be (I)brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.
19 You would (J)lie down and none would disturb you,
And many would [c](K)flatter you.
20 But the (L)eyes of the wicked will fail,
And [d]there will (M)be no escape for them;
And their (N)hope is [e](O)to breathe their last.”
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