Job Capítulo 11
The question" Why do innocent people suffer?" Is addressed in this biblical story.
A Conservative Version
11 : 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,
11 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
11 : 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?
11 : 4 For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
11 : 5 But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,
11 : 6 and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.
11 : 7 Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
11 : 8 It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?
11 : 9 The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
11 : 10 If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?
11 : 11 For he knows false men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?
11 : 12 But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
11 : 13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,
11 : 14 if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
11 : 15 Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.
11 : 16 For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
11 : 17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
11 : 18 And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search about thee, and shall take thy rest in safety.
11 : 19 Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.
11 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.