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  11:1 ¶
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, |
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11:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Zophar°
the Naamathite,°
and said,°° |
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11:2
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman. |
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11:2
Should not°
the multitude°
of words°
be answered?°°
and should°
a man°
full of talk°
be justified?°° |
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11:3
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee? |
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11:3
Should thy lies°
make°°
men°
hold their peace?°°
and when thou mockest,°°
shall no°
man make thee ashamed?°° |
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11:4
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. |
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11:4
For thou hast said,°°
My doctrine°
[is] pure,°
and I am°
clean°
in thine eyes.° |
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11:5
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee! |
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11:5
But°
oh that°°°
Eloah°
would°
speak,°°
and open°°
his lips°
against°
thee; |
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11:6
Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord. |
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11:6
And that he would shew°°
thee the secrets°
of wisdom,°
that°
[they are] double°
to that which is!°
Know°°
therefore that°
Eloah°
exacteth°°
of thee [less] than thine iniquity°°
[deserveth]. |
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11:7
Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made? |
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11:7
Canst thou by searching°
find out°°
Eloah?°
canst thou find°°
out°
Shaddai°
unto°
perfection?° |
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11:8
Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? |
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11:8
[It is] as high°
as heaven;°
what°
canst thou do?°°
deeper°
than hell;°°
what°
canst thou know?°° |
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11:9
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. |
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11:9
The measure°
thereof [is] longer°
than the earth,°°
and broader°
than°
the sea.° |
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11:10
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? |
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11:10
If°
he cut off,°°
and shut up,°°
or gather together,°°
then who°
can hinder°°
him? |
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11:11
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it]. |
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11:11
For°
he°
knoweth°°
vain°
men:°
he seeth°°
wickedness°
also; will he not°
then consider°°
[it]? |
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11:12
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert. |
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11:12
For vain°°
man°
would be wise,°°
though man°
be born°°
[like] a wild ass's°
colt.° |
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11:13
For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him; |
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11:13
If°
thou°
prepare°°
thine heart,°
and stretch°°
out°
thine hands°
toward°
him; |
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11:14
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. |
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11:14
If°
iniquity°
[be] in thine hand,°
put it far away,°°
and let not°
wickedness°
dwell°°
in thy tabernacles.° |
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11:15
For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear. |
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11:15
For°
then°
shalt thou lift up°°
thy face°
without spot;°°
yea, thou shalt be°
stedfast,°°
and shalt not°
fear:°° |
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11:16
And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared. |
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11:16
Because°
thou°
shalt forget°°
[thy] misery,°
[and] remember°°
[it] as waters°
[that] pass away:°° |
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11:17
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday. |
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11:17
And [thine] age°
shall be clearer°°
than the noonday;°°
thou shalt shine forth,°°
thou shalt be°
as the morning.° |
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11:18
And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care. |
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11:18
And thou shalt be secure,°°
because°
there°
is°
hope;°
yea, thou shalt dig°°
[about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest°°
in safety.° |
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11:19
For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee. |
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11:19
Also thou shalt lie down,°°
and none°
shall make [thee] afraid;°°
yea, many°
shall make suit°°
unto°
thee.° |
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11:20
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away. |
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11:20
But the eyes°
of the wicked°
shall fail,°°
and they shall not escape,°°°°
and their hope°
[shall be as] the giving up°
of the ghost.° |
