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Job 12:1--14:22

12:1

And Job
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answered
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and said
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12:2

No doubt
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but ye [are] the people
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and wisdom
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shall die
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with you.

12:3

But
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I have understanding
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as well as you; I [am] not inferior
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to you: yea, who knoweth not such things
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as these? {understanding: Heb. an heart} {I am...: Heb. I fall not lower than you} {who...: Heb. with whom are not such as these?}

12:4

I am [as] one mocked
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of his neighbour
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who calleth
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upon God
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and he answereth
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him: the just
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upright
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[man is] laughed to scorn
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12:5

He that is ready
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to slip
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with [his] feet
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[is as] a lamp
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despised
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in the thought
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of him that is at ease
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12:6

The tabernacles
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of robbers
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prosper
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and they that provoke
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God
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are secure
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into whose hand
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God
<0433>

bringeth
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[abundantly].

12:7

But
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ask
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now the beasts
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and they shall teach
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thee; and the fowls
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of the air
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and they shall tell
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thee:

12:8

Or speak
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to the earth
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and it shall teach
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thee: and the fishes
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of the sea
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shall declare
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unto thee.

12:9

Who knoweth
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not in all these that the hand
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of the LORD
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hath wrought
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this?

12:10

In whose hand
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[is] the soul
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of every living thing
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and the breath
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of all mankind
<0376> <01320>_.

{soul: or, life} {all...: Heb. all flesh of man}

12:11

Doth not the ear
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try
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words
<04405>_?

and the mouth
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taste
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his meat
<0400>_?

{mouth: Heb. palate}

12:12

With the ancient
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[is] wisdom
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and in length
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of days
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understanding
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12:13

With him [is] wisdom
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and strength
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he hath counsel
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and understanding
<08394>_.

{With...: that is, With God}

12:14

Behold, he breaketh down
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and it cannot be built again
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he shutteth up
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a man
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and there can be no opening
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{up: Heb. upon}

12:15

Behold, he withholdeth
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the waters
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and they dry up
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also he sendeth them out
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and they overturn
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the earth
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12:16

With him [is] strength
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and wisdom
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the deceived
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and the deceiver
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[are] his.

12:17

He leadeth
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counsellors
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away spoiled
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and maketh the judges
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fools
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12:18

He looseth
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the bond
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of kings
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and girdeth
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their loins
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with a girdle
<0232>_.

12:19

He leadeth
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princes
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away spoiled
<07758>_,

and overthroweth
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the mighty
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12:20

He removeth away
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the speech
<08193>

of the trusty
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and taketh away
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the understanding
<02940>

of the aged
<02205>_.

{speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}

12:21

He poureth
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contempt
<0937>

upon princes
<05081>_,

and weakeneth
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the strength
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of the mighty
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{weakeneth...: or, looseth the girdle of the strong}

12:22

He discovereth
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deep things
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out of darkness
<02822>_,

and bringeth out
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to light
<0216>

the shadow of death
<06757>_.

12:23

He increaseth
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the nations
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and destroyeth
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them: he enlargeth
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the nations
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and straiteneth
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them [again]. {straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in}

12:24

He taketh away
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the heart
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of the chief
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of the people
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of the earth
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and causeth them to wander
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in a wilderness
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[where there is] no way
<01870>_.

12:25

They grope
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in the dark
<02822>

without light
<0216>_,

and he maketh them to stagger
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like [a] drunken
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[man]. {stagger: Heb. wander}

13:1

Lo, mine eye
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hath seen
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all [this], mine ear
<0241>

hath heard
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and understood
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it.

13:2

What ye know
<01847>_,

[the same] do I know
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also: I [am] not inferior
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unto you.

13:3

Surely
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I would speak
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to the Almighty
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and I desire
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to reason
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with God
<0410>_.

13:4

But
<0199>

ye [are] forgers
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of lies
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ye [are] all physicians
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of no value
<0457>_.

13:5

O that
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ye would altogether
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hold your peace
<02790> (8686)_!

and it should be your wisdom
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13:6

Hear
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now my reasoning
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and hearken
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to the pleadings
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of my lips
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13:7

Will ye speak
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wickedly
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for God
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and talk
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deceitfully
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for him?

13:8

Will ye accept
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his person
<06440>_?

will ye contend
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for God
<0410>_?

13:9

Is it good
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that he should search you out
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or as one man
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mocketh
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another, do ye [so] mock
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him?

13:10

He will surely
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reprove
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you, if ye do secretly
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accept
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persons
<06440>_.

13:11

Shall not his excellency
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make you afraid
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and his dread
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fall
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upon you?

13:12

Your remembrances
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[are] like
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unto ashes
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your bodies
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to bodies
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of clay
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13:13

Hold your peace
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let me alone, that I may speak
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and let come
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on me what [will]. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}

13:14

Wherefore do I take
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my flesh
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in my teeth
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and put
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my life
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in mine hand
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13:15

Though
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he slay
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me, yet will I trust
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in him: but I will maintain
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mine own ways
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before
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him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}

13:16

He also [shall be] my salvation
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for an hypocrite
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shall not come
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before
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him.

13:17

Hear
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diligently
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my speech
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and my declaration
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with your ears
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13:18

Behold now, I have ordered
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[my] cause
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I know
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that I shall be justified
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13:19

Who [is] he [that] will plead
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with me? for now, if I hold my tongue
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I shall give up the ghost
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