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Furthermore Elihu answered and said
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Hear my words O ye wise men and give ear unto me ye that have knowledge
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For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat
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Let us choose to us judgment let us know among ourselves what is good
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For Job hath said I am righteous and God hath taken away my judgment
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Should I lie against my right my wound is incurable without transgression
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What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water
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Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity and walketh with wicked men
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For he hath said It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God
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Therefore hearken unto me ye 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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For the work of a man shall he render unto him and cause every man to find according to his ways
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Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment
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Who hath given him a charge over the earth or who hath disposed the whole world
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If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath
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All flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again unto dust
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If now thou hast understanding hear this hearken to the voice of my words
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Shall even he that hateth right govern and wilt thou condemn him that is most just
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Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked and to princes Ye are ungodly
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How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes nor regardeth the rich more than the poor for they all are the work of his hands
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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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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
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Therefore he knoweth their works and he overturneth them in the night so that they are destroyed
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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
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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
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That which I see not teach thou me if I have done iniquity I will do no more
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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
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Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man hearken unto me
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Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were without wisdom
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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