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| 34:1 |
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
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| 34:2 |
Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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| 34:3 |
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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| 34:4 |
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
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| 34:5 |
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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| 34:6 |
Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
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| 34:7 |
What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
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| 34:8 |
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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| 34:9 |
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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| 34:10 |
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
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| 34:11 |
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
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| 34:12 |
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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| 34:13 |
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
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| 34:14 |
If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
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| 34:15 |
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
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| 34:16 |
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
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| 34:17 |
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
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| 34:18 |
[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
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| 34:19 |
[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
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| 34:20 |
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
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| 34:21 |
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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| 34:22 |
[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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| 34:23 |
For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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| 34:24 |
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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| 34:25 |
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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| 34:26 |
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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| 34:27 |
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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| 34:28 |
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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| 34:29 |
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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| 34:30 |
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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| 34:31 |
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
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| 34:32 |
[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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| 34:33 |
[Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
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| 34:34 |
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
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| 34:35 |
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
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| 34:36 |
My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.
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| 34:37 |
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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