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Job 11 (NET)

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Job 11:1¹Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:11 Job 20:1

Job 11:2²“Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 1:19 Job 18:2 Prov 10:19 Acts 17:18 Job 16:3 Job 8:2 Ps 140:11

Job 11:3³Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 17:2 2 Thess 3:14 Jer 15:17 Job 12:4 Job 13:4 Job 13:9 Job 15:2-3 Job 21:3 Job 24:25 Job 34:7

Job 11:4⁴For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 10:7 Job 6:10 1 Pet 3:15 Job 14:4 Job 34:5-6 Job 35:2 Job 6:29-30 Job 7:20 Job 9:2-3

Job 11:5⁵But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:1-2 Job 23:3-7 Job 31:35 Job 33:6-18 Job 40:1-5 Job 40:8 Job 42:7

Job 11:6⁶and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom— for true wisdom has two sides — so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 9:13 Lam 3:22 Dan 2:28 Eph 3:5 Matt 13:35 Job 15:8 Dan 2:47 Deut 29:29 Job 15:11 Job 15:5

Job 11:7⁷“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 11:33 Eccl 3:11 Ps 145:3 Eph 3:8 Isa 40:28 Job 37:23 Job 5:9 Ps 77:19 1 Cor 2:10 1 Cor 2:16

Job 11:8⁸It is higher than the heavens—what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol —what can you know?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 22:12 Isa 55:9 Ps 139:6-8 Amos 9:2 Job 26:6 Job 35:5 Ps 148:13 2 Chr 6:18 Eph 3:18-19 Prov 25:2-3

Job 11:9⁹Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 139:9-10 Job 28:24-25 Ps 65:5-8

Job 11:10¹⁰If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 9:12-13 Job 12:14 Rev 3:7 Dan 4:35 Deut 32:30 Isa 41:27 Job 34:29 Job 38:8 Job 5:18 Job 9:4

Job 11:11¹¹For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 4:13 Ps 10:14 Rev 2:23 John 2:24-25 Eccl 5:8 Hab 1:13 Hos 7:2 Jer 17:9-10 Job 22:13-14 Job 34:21-23

Job 11:12¹²But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 2:20 Job 39:5-8 Eccl 3:18 Jas 3:13-17 Jer 2:24 Ps 73:22 1 Cor 3:18-20 Eph 2:3 Job 12:2-3 Job 15:14

Job 11:13¹³“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 143:6 Ps 88:9 1 Sam 7:3 Ps 78:8 Job 8:5-6 Luke 12:47 2 Chr 12:14 Job 22:21-22 Job 5:8 Ps 68:31

Job 11:14¹⁴if iniquity is in your hand—put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 22:23 Jas 4:8 Job 4:7 Ezek 18:30-31 Isa 1:15 Job 22:5 Job 34:32 Ps 101:2 Zech 5:3-4

Job 11:15¹⁵For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 22:26 1 John 2:28 1 John 3:19-22 1 Tim 2:8 2 Cor 1:12 Gen 4:5-6 Job 10:15 Prov 14:26 Prov 28:1 Ps 112:6-8

Job 11:16¹⁶For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 65:16 Eccl 5:20 Isa 54:4 Isa 54:9 John 16:21 Gen 41:51 Isa 12:1-2 Rev 7:14-17 Gen 9:11 Job 22:11

Job 11:17¹⁷And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 58:8-10 Ps 37:6 Prov 4:18 Zech 14:6-7 Hos 6:3 Mic 7:8-9 Ps 112:4 1 Chr 29:10 Job 42:11-17 Mal 4:2

Job 11:18¹⁸And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 3:24-26 Ps 3:5 Ps 43:5 Ps 4:8 Lev 26:5-6 Rom 5:3-5 Job 7:6 Prov 14:32 Job 22:27-29 Col 1:27

Job 11:19¹⁹You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 60:14 Isa 45:14 Lev 26:6 Ps 45:12 Job 42:8-9 Prov 19:6 Rev 3:9 Gen 26:26-31

Job 11:20²⁰But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 28:65 Job 17:5 Job 31:16 Amos 2:14 Amos 5:19-20 Amos 9:1-3 Heb 2:3 Job 18:14 Job 27:22 Job 27:8

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