The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
Zophar Accuses Job of Iniquity |
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Then answered Zophar the Na’amathite, and said,
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Should not the multitude of words be answered?
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And should a man full of talk be justified? |
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Should thy lies make men hold their peace?
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And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? |
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For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,
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and I am clean in thine eyes. |
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But oh that God would speak,
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and open his lips against thee; |
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and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom,
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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?
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Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?
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deeper than hell; what canst thou know? |
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The measure thereof is longer than the earth,
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and broader than the sea. |
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If he cut off, and shut up,
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or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
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For he knoweth vain men:
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he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? |
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For vain man would be wise,
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though man be born like a wild ass’s colt. |
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If thou prepare thine heart,
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and stretch out thine hands toward him; |
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if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away,
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and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. |
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;
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yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear: |
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because thou shalt forget thy misery,
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and remember it as waters that pass away: |
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and thine age shall be clearer than the noonday;
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thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. |
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;
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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;
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yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,
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and they shall not escape, |
and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |
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