Job 11
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
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Should your boastings make men hold their peace? And when you mock, shall no man make
you ashamed?
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For you say, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.
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But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
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And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding.
Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
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Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the Almighty to perfection?
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It is high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
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Its measure is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
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If he pass through, and shut up, And all to judgment, then who can hinder him?
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For he knows false men: He sees iniquity also, even though he consider it not.
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But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass`s colt.
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If you set your heart aright, And stretch out your hands toward him;
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If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in
your tents.
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Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yea, you shall be steadfast,
and shall not fear:
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For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed
away,
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And [your] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall
be as the morning.
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And you shall be secure, because there is hope; Yea, you shall search [about you],
and shall take your rest in safety.
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Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; Yea, many shall make
suit to you.
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their
hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.