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| 1 And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, |
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| 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified? |
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| 3 Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed? |
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| 4 For thou sayest, 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, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity! |
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| 7 Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? |
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| 8 It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? |
It – God's wisdom. R2599:4
Deeper than hell – Than any pit, sheol, oblivion. R2599:4; E359
What canst thou know? – As there is no knowledge in sheol, there can be no knowledge of the divine wisdom and plan. E359
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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 pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him? |
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| 11 For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when man doth not consider it; |
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| 12 Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass. |
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| 13 If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him, |
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| 14 If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents; |
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| 15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear: |
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| 16 For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it; |
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| 17 And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning, |
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| 18 And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety. |
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| 19 Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour. |
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| 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life. |
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