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| 34:1 |
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
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| 34:2 |
Hear my words, 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 palate tasteth food.
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| 34:4 |
Let us choose for us that which is right: 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 right:
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| 34:6 |
Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
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| 34:7 |
What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
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| 34:8 |
Who 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 will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
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| 34:12 |
Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
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| 34:13 |
Who gave 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 himself, [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 one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?
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| 34:18 |
[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
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| 34:19 |
That respecteth 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 they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
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| 34:21 |
For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
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| 34:22 |
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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| 34:23 |
For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
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| 34:24 |
He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
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| 34:25 |
Therefore he taketh knowledge of 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 aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
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| 34:28 |
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
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| 34:29 |
When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
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| 34:30 |
That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
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| 34:31 |
For hath any 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 it no more?
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| 34:33 |
Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
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| 34:34 |
Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:
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| 34:35 |
Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
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| 34:36 |
Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like 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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