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\c 11
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\p
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\v 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
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\q
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\v 2 “Should not such a multitude of words be answered?
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\q Should this man, so full of talk, be believed?
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\q
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\v 3 Should your boasting make others remain silent?
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\q When you mock our teaching, will no one make you feel ashamed?
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\q
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\v 4 For you say to God, ‘My beliefs are pure,
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\q I am blameless in your eyes.’
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\q
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\v 5 But, oh, that God would speak
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\q and open his lips against you;
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\q
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\v 6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!
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\q For he is great in understanding.
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\q Know then that God demands from you less than your iniquity deserves.
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\q
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\v 7 Can you understand God by searching for him?
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\q Can you comprehend the Almighty perfectly?
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\q
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\v 8 The matter is as high as heaven; what can you do?
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\q It is deeper than sheol; what can you know?
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\q
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\v 9 Its measure is longer than the earth,
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\q and wider than the sea.
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\q
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\v 10 If he passes through and shuts anyone up,
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\q if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him?
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\v 11 For he knows false people;
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\q when he sees iniquity, does he not notice it?
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\q
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\v 12 But foolish people have no understanding;
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\q they will get it when a wild donkey gives birth to a man.
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\v 13 But suppose that you had set your heart right
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\q and had reached out with your hands toward God;
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\v 14 suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you,
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\q and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents.
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\v 15 Then you would certainly lift up your face without a sign of shame;
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\q indeed, you would be steadfast and would not fear.
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\q
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\v 16 You would forget your misery;
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\q you would remember it only like waters that have flowed away.
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\q
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\v 17 Your life would be brighter than the noonday;
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\q though there were darkness, it would become like the morning.
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\q
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\v 18 You would be secure because there is hope;
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\q indeed, you would find safety about you and would take your rest in safety.
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\q
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\v 19 Also you would lie down in rest, and none would make you afraid;
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\q indeed, many would seek your favor.
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\q
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\v 20 But the eyes of wicked people will fail;
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\q they will have no way to flee;
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\q their only hope will be a last gasp of life.”
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