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\c 15
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\p
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\v 1 Then Eliphaz replied to Job:
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\q1
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\v 2 "If you were truly wise, you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot;
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\q2 what you are saying is just a lot of hot air.
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\q1
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\v 3 You should not be saying things that do not benefit anyone;
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\q2 you should not say things that do no one any good.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 You are teaching others not to respect God,
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\q2 and you are keeping them from honoring him.
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\q1
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\v 5 You are wicked, and that is why you say what you do;
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\q2 you talk like deceptive people talk.
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\q1
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\v 6 Everything that you say shows that God should punish you;
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\q2 it is not necessary for me to prove that.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 Tell me, why do you think you know so much? You do not think that you were the first person who was ever born, do you?
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\q2 You do not think that you were born before God created the mountains, do you?
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\q1
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\v 8 Were you listening when God made all his plans?
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\q2 Do you think that you are the only person who is wise?
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\q1
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\v 9 What do you know that we others do not know?
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\q2 You do not understand anything that is not also clear to us.
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\q1
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\v 10 My friends and I are also wise;
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\q2 we acquired wisdom from old gray-haired people,
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\q2 from people who were born before your father was.
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\q1
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\v 11 God wants to comfort you
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\q1 and to speak gently to you;
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\q2 that should be enough for you, but it is not enough, is it?
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\q1
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\v 12 Why do you allow yourself to be excited by your emotions?
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\q2 Why do your eyes flash with anger?
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\q1
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\v 13 You are angry with God,
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\q2 and so you say harsh things against him.
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\q1
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\v 14 How can any person, including you, be sinless?
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\q2 How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?
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\q1
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\v 15 God does not even trust his angels;
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\q2 he does not consider the heavens to be completely pure.
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\v 16 So he certainly does not trust disgusting people,
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\q2 those who commit evil deeds as often as they drink water.
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\q1
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\v 17 Job, listen to what I tell you.
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\q2 I will declare to you what I know,
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\v 18 things that wise men have told me,
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\q2 truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden.
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\q1
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\v 19 (God gave this land to those ancestors who were truly wise;
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\q2 no one from another country came and caused them to think wrongly about God.)
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\q1
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\v 20 Wicked people suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive;
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\q2 that is what happens to those who oppress others.
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\v 21 They constantly hear sounds that terrify them;
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\q2 while they are prospering, robbers attack them.
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\v 22 Wicked people do not really think that they will escape from darkness;
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\q2 they are sure that someone is waiting to kill them with a sword.
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\v 23 They wander around, searching for food, saying 'Where can I find some?'
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\q2 They know that they will soon experience disasters.
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\v 24 Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they worry
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\q2 that these things will attack them as a king's army waits to attack its enemies and causes them to suffer.
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\v 25 These things happen to them because they shook their fists against Almighty God
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\q2 and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him.
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\v 26 They stubbornly rush to attack God
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\q2 thinking that a strong shield will protect them.
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\v 27 But they are so fat that they are unable to fight.
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\v 28 They have lived in cities that have been abandoned,
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\q2 cities which God declared would become a heap of ruins.
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\v 29 But they will not remain rich very long;
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\q2 Others will take everything that they own,
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\q2 and even their shadows will disappear from the earth.
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\q1
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\v 30 They will not escape from the darkness of death;
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\q2 they will be like trees whose branches burn up.
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\q2 When God gives the command, they will die.
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\v 31 If they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless,
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\q2 then things that are worthless will be all that they get.
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\v 32 While they are still young, they will disappear;
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\q2 they will be like branches that wither and never become green again.
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\v 33 They will be like vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe,
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\q2 like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit.
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\v 34 Groups of wicked people will not have any descendants,
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\q2 and fires will completely burn up the homes of those who took money from bribes.
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\q1
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\v 35 They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things,
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\q2 and in their hearts they are always preparing to deceive people."
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