The Book of Job 11

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² Should not the multitude of words be answered and should a man full of talk be justified ⚑

³ Should thy lies make men hold their peace and when thou mockest shall no man make thee ashamed ⚑

⁴ For thou hast said My doctrine is pure and I am clean in thine eyes ⚑

⁵ But oh that God would speak and open his lips against thee ⚑

⁶ And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom that they are double to that which is Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth ⚑

⁷ Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ⚑

⁸ It is as high as heaven what canst thou do deeper than hell what canst thou know ⚑

⁹ The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea ⚑

¹⁰ If he cut off and shut up or gather together then who can hinder him ⚑

¹¹ For he knoweth vain men he seeth wickedness also will he not then consider it ⚑

¹² For vain man would be wise though man be born like a wild ass’s colt ⚑

¹³ If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him ⚑

¹⁴ If iniquity be in thine hand put it far away and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles ⚑

¹⁵ For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot yea thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear ⚑

¹⁶ Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters that pass away ⚑

¹⁷ And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday thou shalt shine forth thou shalt be as the morning ⚑

¹⁸ And thou shalt be secure because there is hope yea thou shalt dig about thee and thou shalt take thy rest in safety ⚑

¹⁹ Also thou shalt lie down and none shall make thee afraid yea many shall make suit unto thee ⚑

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail and they shall not escape and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain