Catholic Public Domain Version

Job 11:8-20 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

8. He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know?

9. His measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10. If he overturns all things, or packs them together, who will contradict him?

11. For he knows the vanity of men, and when he sees iniquity, does he not evaluate it?

12. A vain man is lifted up in arrogance, and he thinks that he is born free like a wild ass's colt.

13. But you have fortified your heart and extended your hands to him.

14. If you would send away from you the iniquity that is in your hand, and not let injustice remain in your tabernacle,

15. then you would be able to lift up your face without blemish, and you would be steadfast and unafraid.

16. Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.

17. And brightness, like that of midday, will rise upon you until evening, and when you would think yourself consumed, you will rise up like the morning star.

18. And, when hope has been set before you, you will have faith, and, when buried, you will sleep secure.

19. You will rest, and there will be nothing to make you afraid, and many will make requests before your face.

20. But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.