Job 11 — NIV vs NIVUK

Verse 2

“Are all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?

‘Are all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?

Verse 3

Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Verse 4

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless
and I am pure in your sight.’

You say to God, “My beliefs are flawless
and I am pure in your sight.”

Verse 5

Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you

Verse 6

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

Verse 7

“Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

‘Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Verse 8

They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?

They are higher than the heavens above – what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below – what can you know?

Verse 9

Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.

Verse 10

“If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

‘If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

Verse 11

Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

Surely he recognises deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

Verse 12

But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.^[a]

Verse 13

“Yet if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,

‘Yet if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,

Verse 14

if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

Verse 15

then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;
you will stand firm and without fear.

Verse 16

You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.

Verse 17

Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.

Verse 18

You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

Verse 19

You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.

You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favour.

Verse 20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
and escape will elude them;
their hope will become a dying gasp.”