[2] Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
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[3] For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.
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[4] Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
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[5] For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.
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[6] Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
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[7] What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?
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[8] Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.
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[9] For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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[10] Therefore listen to me you 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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[11] For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
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[12] Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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[13] Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?
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[14] If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
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[15] All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.
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[16] If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words.
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[17] Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?
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[18] Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?
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[19] How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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[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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[21] For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.
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[22] There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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[23] For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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[24] He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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[25] Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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[26] He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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[27] Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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[28] So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
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[29] When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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[30] That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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[31] Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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[32] That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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[33] Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know.
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[34] Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.
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[35] Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
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[36] My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men.
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[37] For he adds rebellion to his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.
