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| 1 Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:– |
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| 2 Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified? |
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| 3 Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame? |
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| 4 Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes. |
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| 5 But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee: |
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| 6 That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is,–Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity. |
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| 7 The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain? |
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| 8 The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, 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 Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea. |
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| 10 If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him? |
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| 11 For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider. |
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| 12 But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass's colt, is born a man! |
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| 13 If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands– |
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| 14 If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity, |
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| 15 Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear. |
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| 16 For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it. |
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| 17 Above high noon, shall rise life's continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear, |
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| 18 And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down; |
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| 19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror,–and many shall entreat thy favour. |
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| 20 But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail,–and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life. |
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