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Job · Chapter 11
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
For thou hast said, My doctrine
is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But oh that Elohim would speak, and open his lips against thee;
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that
they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that Elohim exacteth of thee
less than thine iniquity
deserveth.
Canst thou by searching find out Elohim? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
It is as high as shamayim; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
The measure thereof
is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider
it?
For vain man would be wise, though man be born
like a wild ass’s colt.
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
If iniquity
be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Because thou shalt forget
thy misery,
and remember
it as waters
that pass away:
And
thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make
thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope
shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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Job · Chapter 12
And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye
are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well as you; I
am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
I am
as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon Elohim, and he answereth him: the just upright
man is laughed to scorn.
He that is ready to slip with
his feet
is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke Elohim are secure; into whose hand Elohim bringeth
abundantly.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath wrought this?
In whose hand
is the nephesh of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
With the ancient
is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
With him
is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
With him
is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver
are his.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them
again.
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness
where there is no way.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like
a drunken
man.
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Job · Chapter 13
Lo, mine eye hath seen all
this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
What ye know,
the same do I know also: I
am not inferior unto you.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with Elohim.
But ye
are forgers of lies, ye
are all physicians of no value.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye speak wickedly for Elohim? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for Elohim?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye
so mock him?
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Your remembrances
are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what
will.
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
He also
shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Behold now, I have ordered
my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Who
is he
that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Only do not two
things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
How many
are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.