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11:1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
11:2 | Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? |
11:3 | Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? |
11:4 | For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. |
11:5 | But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; |
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. |
11:7 | Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
11:8 | It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? |
11:9 | The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
11:10 | If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
11:11 | For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? |
11:12 | For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. |
11:13 | If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; |
11:14 | If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. |
11:15 | For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: |
11:16 | Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: |
11:17 | And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. |
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. |
11:19 | Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
11:20 | 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. |
11:1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde, |
11:2 | Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified? |
11:3 | Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed? |
11:4 | For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes. |
11:5 | But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee! |
11:6 | That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie. |
11:7 | Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection? |
11:8 | The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? |
11:9 | The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea. |
11:10 | If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe? |
11:11 | For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing. |
11:12 | Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte. |
11:13 | If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him: |
11:14 | If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle. |
11:15 | The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare. |
11:16 | But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past. |
11:17 | Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning. |
11:18 | And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely. |
11:19 | For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee. |
11:20 | But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde. |
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