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Job 11

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

11:1

Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,

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11:2

He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short-lived offspring of woman.

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11:3

Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?

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11:4

For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

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11:5

But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips with thee!

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11:6

Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

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11:7

Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?

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11:8

Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?

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11:9

Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

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11:10

And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?

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11:11

For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].

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11:12

But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass of the desert.

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11:13

For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;

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11:14

if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

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11:15

For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.

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11:16

And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.

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11:17

And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noon-day.

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11:18

And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.

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11:19

For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.

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11:20

But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

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