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The Book of Job, Chapter 11
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Should notthe multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be
justified?
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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when
thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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For thou hast
said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less
than thine iniquity deserveth.
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Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
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It is as high as heaven; what canst
thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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The measure
thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can
hinder him?
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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also;
will he not then consider it?
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For vain men would be wise,
though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward
him;
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If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou
shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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Because thou shalt forget
thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
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And thine
age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou
shalt be as the morning.
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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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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,
many shall make suit unto thee.
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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.
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