Summary
Job’s friend – Zophar doubted his friend’s innocence and shared his views on God and gave Job’s advice.
Job 11:1,3-20
1 Will no one answer all this nonsense? Does talking so much put you in the right?
[3]Job, do you think we can’t answer you? That your mocking words will leave us speechless?
[4]You claim that what you say is true; you claim you are pure in the sight of God.
[5]How I wish God would answer you!
[6]He would tell you there are many sides to wisdom; there are things too deep for human knowledge. God is punishing you less than you deserve.
[7]Can you discover the limits and bounds of the greatness and power of God?
[8]The sky is no limit for God, but it lies beyond your reach. God knows the world of the dead, but you do not know it.
[9]God’s greatness is broader than the earth, wider than the sea.
[10]If God arrests you and brings you to trial, who is there to stop him?
[11]God knows which people are worthless; he sees all their evil deeds.
[12]Stupid people will start being wise when wild donkeys are born tame.
[13]Put your heart right, Job. Reach out to God.
[14]Put away evil and wrong from your home.
[15]Then face the world again, firm and courageous.
[16]Then all your troubles will fade from your memory, like floods that are past and remembered no more.
[17]Your life will be brighter than sunshine at noon, and life’s darkest hours will shine like the dawn.
[18]You will live secure and full of hope; God will protect you and give you rest.
[19]You won’t be afraid of your enemies; many people will ask you for help.
[20]But the wicked will look round in despair and find that there is no way to escape. Their one hope is that death will come.