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| 1 Lo! all [this], hath mine own eye seen,–Mine ear hath heard and understood it: |
Lo – Commencing Job's masterly reply. R5402:1
Hath heard – The false reasonings of his friends (which many improperly quote as inspired). R5402:1
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| 2 Just as ye know, I too, know, I, fall not short, of you. |
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| 3 But indeed, I, unto the Almighty, would speak, and, to direct my argument unto GOD, would I be well pleased. |
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| 4 For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you! |
Of no value – His friends told him that he must have been a great sinner and a hypocrite. R5401:6
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| 5 Oh that ye would, altogether hold your peace, and it should serve you for wisdom! |
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| 6 Hear, I pray you, the argument of my mouth, and, to the pleadings of my lips, give heed:– |
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| 7 Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit: |
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| 8 Even, for him, would ye be partial? Or, for GOD, would ye [so] plead? |
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| 9 Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him? |
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| 10 He will, severely rebuke, you, if ye are secretly partial. |
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| 11 Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you? |
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| 12 Are not your memorable sayings, proverbs of ashes? Breastworks of clay, your breastworks? |
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| 13 Quietly let me alone, that, I, may speak out, then let come on me, what may. |
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| 14 In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand: |
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| 15 Lo! he may slay me, [yet], for him, will I wait,–Nevertheless, my ways–unto his face, will I show to be right: |
Though he slay me – Though much cast down, he maintained his integrity and his faith in the Lord. R5803:4
He sought in vain for an explanation. R5401:6
Many of God's people since have been similarly confused as to why God permits evil to come upon his faithful servants. R5402:1
Yet will I trust – Job's expression of confidence in God and in his ultimate deliverance. R5402:1
I shall yet receive his favor and learn what he means by these afflictions coming upon me. R5333:4
His trust was not misplaced. After his testings, God gave him back children, houses, lands and friends which foreshadowed the coming blessings of restitution. R5333:4
Mine own ways – Conscious of his own heart-honesty toward God, Job defends himself, but goes to too great an extreme in declaring his own innocence. R5401:6
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| 16 Even he, will be on my side–unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come. |
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| 17 Hear ye patiently my speech, and be my declaration in your ears. |
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| 18 Lo! I pray you, I have set forth in order a plea, I know that, I, shall be found right. |
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| 19 Who is it that shall contend with me? For, now, if I should hold my peace, why! I should breathe my last! |
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| 20 Only, two things, do thou not with me, then, from thy face, will I not hide me:– |
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| 21 Thy hand–from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me! |
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| 22 Then call thou, and, I, will answer, Or I will speak, and reply thou unto me. |
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| 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know! |
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| 24 Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee? |
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| 25 A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue? |
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| 26 For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth; |
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| 27 And thou dost put–in the stocks–my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound; |
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| 28 And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten. |
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