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Furthermore Elihu[H453]answered[H6030] and said[H559],
2Hear[H8085] my words[H4405], O ye wise[H2450] men; and give ear[H238] unto me, ye that have knowledge[H3045].
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For the ear[H241]trieth[H974]words[H4405], as the mouth[H2441]tasteth[H2938]meat[H398].
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Let us choose[H977] to us judgment[H4941]: let us know[H3045] among ourselves what is good[H2896].
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For Job[H347] hath said[H559], I am righteous[H6663]: and God[H410] hath taken away[H5493] my judgment[H4941].
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Should I lie[H3576] against my right?[H4941] my wound[H2671] is incurable[H605] without transgression[H6588].
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What man[H1397] is like Job[H347], who drinketh up[H8354]scorning[H3933] like water?[H4325]
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Which goeth[H732] in company[H2274] with the workers[H6466] of iniquity[H205], and walketh[H3212] with wicked[H7562]men[H582].
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For he hath said[H559], It profiteth[H5532] a man[H1397] nothing that he should delight[H7521] himself with God[H430].
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Therefore hearken[H8085] unto me, ye men[H582] of understanding[H3824]: far be it[H2486] from God[H410], that he should do wickedness[H7562]; and from the Almighty[H7706], that he should commit iniquity[H5766].
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For the work[H6467] of a man[H120] shall he render[H7999] unto him, and cause every man[H376] to find[H4672] according to his ways[H734].
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Yea, surely[H551]God[H410] will not do wickedly[H7561], neither will the Almighty[H7706]pervert[H5791]judgment[H4941].
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Who hath given him a charge[H6485] over the earth?[H776] or who hath disposed[H7760] the whole world?[H8398]
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If he set[H7760] his heart[H3820] upon man, if he gather[H622] unto himself his spirit[H7307] and his breath[H5397];
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All flesh[H1320] shall perish[H1478]together[H3162], and man[H120] shall turn again[H7725] unto dust[H6083].
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If now thou hast understanding[H998], hear[H8085] this: hearken[H238] to the voice[H6963] of my words[H4405].
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Shall even he that hateth[H8130]right[H4941]govern?[H2280] and wilt thou condemn[H7561] him that is most[H3524]just?[H6662]
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Is it fit to say[H559] to a king[H4428], Thou art wicked?[H1100] and to princes[H5081], Ye are ungodly?[H7563]
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How much less to him that accepteth[H5375] not the persons[H6440] of princes[H8269], nor regardeth[H5234] the rich[H7771] more than[H6440] the poor?[H1800] for they all are the work[H4639] of his hands[H3027].
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In a moment[H7281] shall they die[H4191], and the people[H5971] shall be troubled[H1607] at midnight[H2676], and pass away[H5674]: and the mighty[H47] shall be taken away[H5493] without hand[H3027].
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For his eyes[H5869] are upon the ways[H1870] of man[H376], and he seeth[H7200] all his goings[H6806].
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There is no darkness[H2822], nor shadow of death[H6757], where the workers[H6466] of iniquity[H205] may hide[H5641] themselves.
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For he will not lay[H7760] upon man[H376] more than right; that he should enter[H1980] into judgment[H4941] with God[H410].
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He shall break in pieces[H7489] mighty men[H3524] without number[H2714], and set[H5975]others[H312] in their stead.
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Therefore he knoweth[H5234] their works[H4566], and he overturneth[H2015] them in the night[H3915], so that they are destroyed[H1792].
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He striketh[H5606] them as[H8478] wicked men[H7563] in the open[H4725]sight[H7200] of others;
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Because they turned back[H5493] from him[H310], and would not consider[H7919] any of his ways[H1870]:
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So that they cause the cry[H6818] of the poor[H1800] to come[H935] unto him, and he heareth[H8085] the cry[H6818] of the afflicted[H6041].
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When he giveth quietness[H8252], who then can make trouble?[H7561] and when he hideth[H5641] his face[H6440], who then can behold[H7789] him? whether it be done against a nation[H1471], or against a man[H120]only[H3162]:
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That the hypocrite[H120]reign[H4427] not, lest the people[H5971] be ensnared[H4170].
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Surely it is meet to be said[H559] unto God[H410], I have borne[H5375] chastisement, I will not offend[H2254] any more:
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That which I see[H2372]not[H1107]teach[H3384] thou me: if I have done[H6466]iniquity[H5766], I will do[H3254] no more.
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Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense[H7999] it, whether thou refuse[H3588], or whether thou choose[H977]; and not I: therefore speak[H1696] what thou knowest[H3045].
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Let men[H582] of understanding[H3824]tell[H559] me, and let a wise[H2450]man[H1397]hearken[H8085] unto me.
35Job[H347] hath spoken[H1696] without knowledge[H1847], and his words[H1697] were without wisdom[H7919].
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My desire[H15] is that Job[H347] may be tried[H974] unto the end[H5331] because of his answers[H8666] for wicked[H205]men[H582].
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For he addeth[H3254]rebellion[H6588] unto his sin[H2403], he clappeth[H5606] his hands among us, and multiplieth[H7235] his words[H561] against God[H410].