---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Job from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 11
verse_count: 20
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Job, chap. 11, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Job 11

*Zophar reproveth Job.*

**1** Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
**2** Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
**3** Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
**4** For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
**5** But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
**6** And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
**7** Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
**8** It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
**9** The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
**10** If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
**11** For he knoweth vain men; he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
**12** For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
**13** If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
**14** If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
**15** For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear;
**16** Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away;
**17** And thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
**18** And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
**19** Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
**20** But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.