1: Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
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2: Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that
have knowledge. |
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For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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4: Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what
is good. |
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5: For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment. |
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6: Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression. |
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7: What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
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8: Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and
walketh with wicked men. |
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9: For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should
delight himself with God. |
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10: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it
from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he
should commit iniquity. |
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11: For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause
every man to find according to his ways. |
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12: Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the
Almighty pervert judgment. |
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13: Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath
disposed the whole world? |
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14: If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his
spirit and his breath; |
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15: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again
unto dust. |
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16: If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the
voice of my words. |
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17: Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just? |
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18: Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes,
Ye are ungodly? |
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19: How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of
princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the
work of his hands. |
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20: In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled
at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without
hand. |
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21: For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings. |
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22: There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers
of iniquity may hide themselves. |
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23: For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God. |
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24: He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
others in their stead. |
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25: Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in
the night, so that they are destroyed. |
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26: He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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27: Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any
of his ways: |
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28: So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and
he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
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29: When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when
he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against
a nation, or against a man only: |
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30: That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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31: Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
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32: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity,
I will do no more. |
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33: Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it,
whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak
what thou knowest. |
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34: Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken
unto me. |
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35: Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom. |
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36: My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of
his answers for wicked men. |
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37: For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands
among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |