Job - Chapter 11 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Will no one answer all this nonsense? Does talking so much put you in the right?
  • 2. {cf15I (SEE 11:1)}
  • 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 around in despair and find that there is no way to escape. Their one hope is that death will come.
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