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 \v 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
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 \v 2 "Should not such a multitude of words be answered?
-\q Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
+\q Should this man, so full of talk, be acquitted?
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 \v 3 Should your boasting make others remain silent?
 \q When you mock, will no one make you feel ashamed?
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 \v 4 For you say to God, 'My beliefs are pure,
-\q I am blameless in your eyes.'
+\q I am clean in your eyes.'
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 \v 5 But, oh, that God would speak
 \q and open his lips against you;
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 \v 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!
-\q For he is great in understanding.
+\q For sound wisdom has two sides.
 \q Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves.
 
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 \v 10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up,
-\q if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?
+\q if he calls an assembly, then who can stop him?
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-\v 11 For he knows false people;
+\v 11 For he knows deceitful people;
 \q when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
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-\v 12 But foolish people have no understanding;
-\q they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
+\v 12 But foolish people will gain understanding
+\q when the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
 
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 \v 15 Then you will certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame;
 \q indeed, you will be steadfast and will not fear.
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-\v 16 You will forget your misery;
+\v 16 You will forget your trouble;
 \q you will remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
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 \v 17 Your life will be brighter than the noonday;
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 \v 20 But the eyes of wicked people will fail;
-\q they will have no way to flee;
+\q they will have no refuge;
 \q their only hope will be a last gasp of life."
 
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