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| | Job 11:1 | Then Zophar the Na'amathite answered:
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| | Job 11:2 | "Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be vindicated?
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| | Job 11:3 | Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
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| | Job 11:4 | For you say, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God's eyes.'
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| | Job 11:5 | But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,
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| | Job 11:6 | and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
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| | Job 11:7 | "Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
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| | Job 11:8 | It is higher than heaven--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 through, and imprisons, and calls to judgment, who can hinder him?
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| | Job 11:11 | For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
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| | Job 11:12 | But a stupid man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
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| | Job 11:13 | "If you set your heart aright, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
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| | Job 11:14 | If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.
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| | Job 11:15 | Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure, and will not fear.
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| | Job 11:16 | You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
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| | Job 11:17 | And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
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| | Job 11:18 | And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.
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| | Job 11:19 | You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will entreat your favor.
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| | Job 11:20 | But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."
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