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  11:1 ¶
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, |
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11:1 ¶
Then answeredºº
Zopharº
the Naamathite,º
and said,ºº |
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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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11:2
Should notº
the multitudeº
of wordsº
be answered?ºº
and shouldº
a manº
full of talkº
be justified?ºº |
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11:3
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee? |
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11:3
Should thy liesº
makeºº
menº
hold their peace?ºº
and when thou mockest,ºº
shall noº
man make thee ashamed?ºº |
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11:4
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. |
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11:4
For thou hast said,ºº
My doctrineº
[is] pure,º
and I amº
cleanº
in thine eyes.º |
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11:5
But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee! |
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11:5
Butº
oh thatººº
Eloahº
wouldº
speak,ºº
and openºº
his lipsº
againstº
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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11:6
And that he would shewºº
thee the secretsº
of wisdom,º
thatº
[they are] doubleº
to that which is!º
Knowºº
therefore thatº
Eloahº
exactethºº
of thee [less] than thine iniquityºº
[deserveth]. |
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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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11:7
Canst thou by searchingº
find outºº
Eloah?º
canst thou findºº
outº
Shaddaiº
untoº
perfection?º |
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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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11:8
[It is] as highº
as heaven;º
whatº
canst thou do?ºº
deeperº
than hell;ºº
whatº
canst thou know?ºº |
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11:9
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. |
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11:9
The measureº
thereof [is] longerº
than the earth,ºº
and broaderº
thanº
the sea.º |
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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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11:10
Ifº
he cut off,ºº
and shut up,ºº
or gather together,ºº
then whoº
can hinderºº
him? |
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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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11:11
Forº
heº
knowethºº
vainº
men:º
he seethºº
wickednessº
also; will he notº
then considerºº
[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 in the desert. |
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11:12
For vainºº
manº
would be wise,ºº
though manº
be bornºº
[like] a wild ass'sº
colt.º |
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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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11:13
Ifº
thouº
prepareºº
thine heart,º
and stretchºº
outº
thine handsº
towardº
him; |
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11:14
if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. |
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11:14
Ifº
iniquityº
[be] in thine hand,º
put it far away,ºº
and let notº
wickednessº
dwellºº
in thy tabernacles.º |
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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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11:15
Forº
thenº
shalt thou lift upºº
thy faceº
without spot;ºº
yea, thou shalt beº
stedfast,ºº
and shalt notº
fear:ºº |
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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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11:16
Becauseº
thouº
shalt forgetºº
[thy] misery,º
[and] rememberºº
[it] as watersº
[that] pass away:ºº |
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11:17
And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday. |
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11:17
And [thine] ageº
shall be clearerºº
than the noonday;ºº
thou shalt shine forth,ºº
thou shalt beº
as the morning.º |
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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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11:18
And thou shalt be secure,ºº
becauseº
thereº
isº
hope;º
yea, thou shalt digºº
[about thee, and] thou shalt take thy restºº
in safety.º |
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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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11:19
Also thou shalt lie down,ºº
and noneº
shall make [thee] afraid;ºº
yea, manyº
shall make suitºº
untoº
thee.º |
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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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11:20
But the eyesº
of the wickedº
shall fail,ºº
and they shall not escape,ºººº
and their hopeº
[shall be as] the giving upº
of the ghost.º |
