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.”
Job 11:13-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—
14 if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—
15 then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
You will be firmly established and unafraid.(A)
16 For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday;
its darkness[a] will be like the morning.(B)
18 You will be confident, because there is hope.(C)
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.(D)
19 You will lie down without fear,
and many will seek your favor.(E)
20 But the sight of the wicked(F) will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.(G)
Footnotes
- Job 11:17 Text emended; MT reads noonday; you are dark, you
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