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  13:1 ¶
Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them]. |
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13:1 ¶
Lo,°
mine eye°
hath seen°°
all°
[this], mine ear°
hath heard°°
and understood°°
it. |
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13:2
And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you. |
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13:2
What ye know,°
[the same] do I°
know°°
also:°
I°
[am] not°
inferior°°
unto°
you. |
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13:3
Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will. |
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13:3
Surely°
I°
would speak°°
to°
Shaddai,°
and I desire°°
to reason°°
with°
El.° |
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13:4
But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases. |
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13:4
But°
ye°
[are] forgers°°
of lies,°
ye [are] all°
physicians°°
of no value.° |
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13:5
But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end. |
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13:5
O that°°°
ye would°
altogether°°
hold your peace!°°
and it should be°
your wisdom.° |
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13:6
But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips. |
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13:6
Hear°°
now°
my reasoning,°
and hearken°°
to the pleadings°
of my lips.° |
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13:7
Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him? |
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13:7
Will ye speak°°
wickedly°
for El?°
and talk°°
deceitfully°
for him? |
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13:8
Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges. |
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13:8
Will ye accept°°
his person?°
will ye contend°°
for El?° |
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13:9
For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] ye should attach yourselves to him, |
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13:9
Is it good°°°
that°
he should search you out?°°°
or°
as one man°
mocketh°°
another, do ye [so] mock°°
him? |
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13:10
he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons, |
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13:10
He will surely°°
reprove°°
you, if°
ye do secretly°
accept°°
persons.° |
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13:11
shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you? |
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13:11
Shall not°
his excellency°
make you afraid?°°
and his dread°
fall°°
upon°
you? |
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13:12
And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay. |
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13:12
Your remembrances°
[are] like°
unto ashes,°
your bodies°
to bodies°
of clay.° |
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13:13
Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger, |
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13:13
Hold your peace,°°
let me alone,°
that I°
may speak,°°
and let come°°
on°
me what°
[will]. |
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13:14
while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. |
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13:14
Wherefore°°
do I take°°
my flesh°
in my teeth,°
and put°°
my life°
in mine hand?° |
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13:15
Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him. |
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13:15
Though°
he slay°°
me, yet will I trust°°
in him: but°
I will maintain°°
mine own ways°
before°°
him. |
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13:16
And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him. |
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13:16
He°
also°
[shall be] my salvation:°
for°
an hypocrite°
shall not°
come°°
before°
him. |
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13:17
Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing. |
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13:17
Hear°°
diligently°°
my speech,°
and my declaration°
with your ears.° |
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13:18
Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just. |
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13:18
Behold°
now,°
I have ordered°°
[my] cause;°
I know°°
that°
I°
shall be justified.°° |
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13:19
For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire? |
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13:19
Who°
[is] he°
[that] will plead°°
with°
me? for°
now,°
if I hold my tongue,°°
I shall give up the ghost.°° |
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13:20
But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face. |
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13:20
Only°
do°°
not°
two°
[things] unto°
me: then°
will I not°
hide°°
myself°
from°°
thee.° |
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13:21
Withhold [thine] hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me. |
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13:21
Withdraw°°
thine hand°
far°°
from°°
me: and let not°
thy dread°
make me afraid.°° |
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13:22
Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer. |
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13:22
Then call°°
thou, and I°
will answer:°°
or°
let me speak,°°
and answer°°
thou me. |
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13:23
How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are. |
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13:23
How°
many [are] mine iniquities°
and sins?°
make me to know°°
my transgression°
and my sin.° |
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13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy? |
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13:24
Wherefore°
hidest°°
thou thy face,°
and holdest°°
me for thine enemy?°° |
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13:25
Wilt thou be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze? |
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13:25
Wilt thou break°°
a leaf°
driven to and fro?°°
and wilt thou pursue°°
the dry°
stubble?° |
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13:26
for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth. |
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13:26
For°
thou writest°°
bitter things°
against°
me, and makest me to possess°°
the iniquities°
of my youth.° |
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13:27
And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated my heels. |
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13:27
Thou puttest°°
my feet°
also in the stocks,°
and lookest narrowly°°
unto all°
my paths;°
thou settest a print°°
upon°
the heels°
of my feet.° |
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13:28
[I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment. |
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13:28
And he,°
as a rotten thing,°
consumeth,°°
as a garment°
that is moth°
eaten.°° |
