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people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without
hand.
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For his eyes
are
upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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There is
no darkness,
nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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For he will not lay
upon man more
than right;
that he should enter into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces
mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25
Therefore he knoweth their works,
and he overturneth
them
in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26
He striketh them as wicked men
in the open sight of others;
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Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of
his ways:
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the
afflicted.
29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth
his
face,
who then can behold him? whether
it be done
against a nation, or against a man only:
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That the
hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have
borne
chastisement,
I will not offend
any more:
32
That which
I see not teach thou me: if I have
done iniquity, I will do no more.
33
Should it be
according to thy mind? he will recompense it,
whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34
Let
men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35
Job hath spoken without
knowledge, and his words
were
without wisdom.
36
My desire
is that
Job may be tried unto the end
because of
his
answers for wicked men.
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For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth
his
hands
among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
CHAPTER 35
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2
Thinkest thou this to be right,
that
thou saidst, My righteousness
is
more than God’s?
3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?
and,
What profit shall
I have,
if I be cleansed
from my sin?
4
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5
Look
unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds
which
are higher than thou.
6
If thou sinnest, what
doest thou against him? or
if
thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7
If thou
be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8
Thy wickedness
may hurt
a man as thou
art;
and thy righteousness
may profit
the son of man.
9
By reason of the multitude
of oppressions they make
the oppressed
to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10
But none saith, Where
is
God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11
Who teacheth us more
than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12
There they cry, but
none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither
will the Almighty regard it.
14
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him,
yet
judgment
is
before
him; therefore trust thou in him.
15
But now, because
it is
not
so,
he hath visited in his anger; yet
he knoweth
it
not in great extremity:
16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth
words without knowledge.
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