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Job 11

King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible

11:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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11:2

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should be justified?

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11:3

Should thy make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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11:4

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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11:5

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

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11:6

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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11:7

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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11:8

It is ; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

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11:9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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11:10

If he , and shut up, or gather together, then

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11:11

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

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11:12

For man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

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11:13

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

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11:14

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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11:15

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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11:16

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

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11:17

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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11:18

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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11:19

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall .

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11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and , and their hope shall be as the .

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