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