The Book of Job, Chapter 11, Verse 4

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

King James Version

For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

American Standard Version

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

New English Translation

For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’

World English Bible

For you say, 'My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.'

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

And that he would shew 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].

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?

For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.