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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 men 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. |
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