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  15:1 ¶
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, |
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15:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Eliphaz°
the Temanite,°
and said,°° |
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15:2
Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? |
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15:2
Should a wise°
man°
utter°°
vain°
knowledge,°
and fill°°
his belly°
with the east wind?° |
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15:3
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? |
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15:3
Should he reason°°
with unprofitable°°°
talk?°
or with speeches°
wherewith he can do no°
good?°° |
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15:4
Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. |
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15:4
Yea,°
thou°
castest off°°
fear,°
and restrainest°°
prayer°
before°
God.° |
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15:5
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. |
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15:5
For°
thy mouth°
uttereth°°
thine iniquity,°
and thou choosest°°
the tongue°
of the crafty.° |
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15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee. |
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15:6
Thine own mouth°
condemneth°°
thee, and not°
I:°
yea, thine own lips°
testify°°
against thee. |
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15:7
Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? |
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15:7
[Art] thou the first°°
man°
[that] was born?°°
or wast thou made°°
before°
the hills?° |
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15:8
Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself? |
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15:8
Hast thou heard°°
the secret°
of God?°
and dost thou restrain°°
wisdom°
to°
thyself? |
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15:9
What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? |
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15:9
What°
knowest°°
thou, that we know°°
not?°
[what] understandest°°
thou, which°
[is] not°
in°
us? |
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15:10
With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father. |
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15:10
With us [are] both°
the grayheaded°°
and°
very aged°
men,°
much°
elder°°
than thy father.°° |
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15:11
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee? |
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15:11
[Are] the consolations°
of God°
small°
with°
thee? is there any secret°
thing°
with°
thee? |
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15:12
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash, |
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15:12
Why°
doth thine heart°
carry thee away?°°
and what°
do thy eyes°
wink at,°° |
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15:13
That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth? |
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15:13
That°
thou turnest°°
thy spirit°
against°
God,°
and lettest [such] words°
go out°°
of thy mouth?°° |
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15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? |
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15:14
What°
[is] man,°
that°
he should be clean?°°
and [he which is] born°°
of a woman,°
that°
he should be righteous?°° |
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15:15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: |
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15:15
Behold,°
he putteth no trust°°°
in his saints;°
yea, the heavens°
are not°
clean°°
in his sight.° |
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15:16
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water! |
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15:16
How much more°°
abominable°°
and filthy°°
[is] man,°
which drinketh°°
iniquity°°
like water?° |
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15:17
I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare: |
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15:17
I will shew°°
thee, hear°°
me; and that°
[which] I have seen°°
I will declare;°° |
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15:18
(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it; |
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15:18
Which°
wise°
men have told°°
from their fathers,°°
and have not°
hid°°
[it]: |
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15:19
Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them): |
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15:19
Unto whom alone°
the earth°
was given,°°
and no°
stranger°°
passed°°
among°
them. |
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15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. |
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15:20
The wicked°
man°
travaileth°°
with pain°
all°
[his] days,°
and the number°
of years°
is hidden°°
to the oppressor.° |
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15:21
A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
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15:21
A dreadful°
sound°
[is] in his ears:°
in prosperity°
the destroyer°°
shall come°°
upon°
him. |
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15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword. |
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15:22
He believeth°°
not°
that he shall return°°
out of°
darkness,°
and he°
is waited°°
for°
of°
the sword.° |
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15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
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15:23
He°
wandereth abroad°°
for bread,°
[saying], Where°
[is it]? he knoweth°°
that°
the day°
of darkness°
is ready°°
at his hand.° |
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15:24
Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. |
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15:24
Trouble°
and anguish°
shall make him afraid;°°
they shall prevail°°
against°
him, as a king°
ready°
to the battle.° |
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15:25
Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; |
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15:25
For°
he stretcheth out°°
his hand°
against°
God,°
and strengtheneth°°
himself°
against°
the Almighty.° |
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15:26
He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers; |
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15:26
He runneth°°
upon°
him, [even] on [his] neck,°
upon the thick°
bosses°
of his bucklers:° |
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15:27
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; |
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15:27
Because°
he covereth°°
his face°
with his fatness,°
and maketh°°
collops of fat°
on°
[his] flanks.° |
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15:28
And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; |
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15:28
And he dwelleth°°
in°
desolate°°
cities,°
[and] in houses°
which°
no°
man inhabiteth,°°
which°
are ready°°
to become heaps.° |
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15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. |
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15:29
He shall not°
be rich,°°
neither°
shall his substance°
continue,°°
neither°
shall he prolong°°
the perfection°
thereof upon the earth.° |
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15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away. |
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15:30
He shall not°
depart°°
out of°
darkness;°
the flame°
shall dry up°°
his branches,°
and by the breath°
of his mouth°
shall he go away.°° |
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15:31
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense. |
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15:31
Let not°
him that is deceived°°
trust°°
in vanity:°
for°
vanity°
shall be°
his recompence.° |
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15:32
It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. |
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15:32
It shall be accomplished°°
before°
his time,°
and his branch°
shall not°
be green.° |
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15:33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. |
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15:33
He shall shake off°°
his unripe grape°
as the vine,°
and shall cast off°°
his flower°
as the olive.° |
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15:34
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. |
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15:34
For°
the congregation°
of hypocrites°
[shall be] desolate,°
and fire°
shall consume°°
the tabernacles°
of bribery.° |
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15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit. |
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15:35
They conceive°°
mischief,°
and bring forth°°
vanity,°
and their belly°
prepareth°°
deceit.° |
