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| | Job 11:1 | Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
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| | Job 11:2 | "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
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| | Job 11:3 | "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
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| | Job 11:4 | "For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'
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| | Job 11:5 | "But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,
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| | Job 11:6 | And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
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| | Job 11:7 | "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
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| | Job 11:8 | "They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?
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| | Job 11:9 | "Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
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| | Job 11:10 | "If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
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| | Job 11:11 | "For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating.
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| | Job 11:12 | "An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
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| | Job 11:13 | "If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,
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| | Job 11:14 | If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
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| | Job 11:15 | "Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear.
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| | Job 11:16 | "For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
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| | Job 11:17 | "Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
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| | Job 11:18 | "Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
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| | Job 11:19 | "You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.
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| | Job 11:20 | "But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
