--- title: Job 11 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 11 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 11 # Job 11 20 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.1/) — וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said: - [11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.2/) — הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ — Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right? - [11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.3/) — בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁווַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃ — Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed; - [11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.4/) — וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ — And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.' - [11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.5/) — וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ — But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee; - [11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.6/) — וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ — And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. - [11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.7/) — הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ — Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty? - [11:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.8/) — גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ — It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know? - [11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.9/) — אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃ — The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. - [11:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.10/) — אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ — If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him? - [11:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.11/) — כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ — For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it? - [11:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.12/) — וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃ — But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man. - [11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.13/) — אִם־אַתָּההֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ — If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him — - [11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.14/) — אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ — If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents — - [11:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.15/) — כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ — Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear; - [11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.16/) — כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ — For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away; - [11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.17/) — וּֽמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ — And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. - [11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.18/) — וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ — And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. - [11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.19/) — וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ — Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. - [11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.20/) — וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃פ — But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul. - ← previous: [Job 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/10/) - next →: [Job 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/12/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)