11:1 And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

11:2 Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

11:3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

11:4 And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.`

11:5 And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

11:6 And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

11:7 By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

11:8 Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou?

11:9 Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

11:10 If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

11:11 For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

11:12 And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

11:13 If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

11:14 If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

11:15 For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

11:16 For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

11:17 And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art.

11:18 And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

11:19 And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;