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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Elihu's Intrusion</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> righteous in his own eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yet</span></span><span class="content"> had condemned Job. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> elder than he. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Elihu saw that </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there was</span></span><span class="content"> no answer in the mouth of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">these</span></span><span class="content"> three men, then his wrath was kindled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> young, and ye </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> very old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">Wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I said, Days should speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">And multitude of years should teach wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> a spirit in man:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Great men are not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">always</span></span><span class="content"> wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">Neither do the aged understand judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore I said, Hearken to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">I also will shew mine opinion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Behold, I waited for your words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">I gave ear to your reasons,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">Whilst ye searched out what to say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yea, I attended unto you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">And, behold, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there was</span></span><span class="content"> none of you that convinced Job,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Or</span></span><span class="content"> that answered his words:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">God thrusteth him down, not man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now he hath not directed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> words against me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">Neither will I answer him with your speeches.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They were amazed, they answered no more:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">They left off speaking.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When I had waited, (for they spake not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">But stood still, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> answered no more;)</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">I said</span></span><span class="content">, I will answer also my part,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">I also will shew mine opinion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I am full of matter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">The spirit within me constraineth me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Behold, my belly </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> as wine </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> hath no vent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">It is ready to burst like new bottles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I will speak, that I may be refreshed:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">I will open my lips and answer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">Neither let me give flattering titles unto man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For I know not to give flattering titles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">In so doing</span></span><span class="content"> my Maker would soon take me away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">And hearken to all my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Behold, now I have opened my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My words </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be of</span></span><span class="content"> the uprightness of my heart:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">And my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Spirit of God hath made me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">And the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If thou canst answer me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">Set </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thy words</span></span><span class="content"> in order before me, stand up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Behold, I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> according to thy wish in God's stead:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">I also am formed out of the clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">Neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">And I have heard the voice of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thy</span></span><span class="content"> words, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">saying</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I am clean without transgression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> innocent; neither </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is there</span></span><span class="content"> iniquity in me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Behold, he findeth occasions against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">He counteth me for his enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He putteth my feet in the stocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">He marketh all my paths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Behold, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in</span></span><span class="content"> this thou art not just: I will answer thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">that God is greater than man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why dost thou strive against him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">For he giveth not account of any of his matters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For God speaketh once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">Yea twice, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yet man</span></span><span class="content"> perceiveth it not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">When deep sleep falleth upon men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">In slumberings upon the bed;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then he openeth the ears of men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">And sealeth their instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">That he may withdraw man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from his</span></span><span class="content"> purpose,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">And hide pride from man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He keepeth back his soul from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">And his life from perishing by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">And the multitude of his bones with strong </span><span class="add"><span class="content">pain:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So that his life abhorreth bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">And his soul dainty meat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">And his bones </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> were not seen stick out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">And his life to the destroyers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">If there be a messenger with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">An interpreter, one among a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">To shew unto man his uprightness:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then he is gracious unto him, and saith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">Deliver him from going down to the pit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">I have found a ransom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">His flesh shall be fresher than a child's:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">He shall return to the days of his youth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">And he shall see his face with joy:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">For he will render unto man his righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He looketh upon men, and </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if any</span></span><span class="content"> say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">I have sinned, and perverted </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that which was</span></span><span class="content"> right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">And it profited me not;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">He will deliver his soul from going into the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">And his life shall see the light.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Lo, all these </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> worketh God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">Oftentimes with man,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">To bring back his soul from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">To be enlightened with the light of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">Hold thy peace, and I will speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If thou hast any thing to say, answer me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">Speak, for I desire to justify thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If not, hearken unto me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="content">Hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Furthermore Elihu answered and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my words, O ye wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the ear trieth words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">As the mouth tasteth meat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let us choose to us judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">Let us know among ourselves what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For Job hath said, I am righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">And God hath taken away my judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Should I lie against my right?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">My wound </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> incurable without transgression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> like Job,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Who</span></span><span class="content"> drinketh up scorning like water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">And walketh with wicked men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">That he should delight himself with God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">Far be it from God, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that he should do</span></span><span class="content"> wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> the Almighty, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that he should commit</span></span><span class="content"> iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the work of a man shall he render unto him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">And cause every man to find according to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who hath given him a charge over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">Or who hath disposed the whole world?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If he set his heart upon man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All flesh shall perish together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">And man shall turn again unto dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If now </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thou hast</span></span><span class="content"> understanding, hear this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">Hearken to the voice of my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Shall even he that hateth right govern?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is it fit</span></span><span class="content"> to say to a king, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Thou art</span></span><span class="content"> wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> to princes, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Ye are</span></span><span class="content"> ungodly?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">How much less to him</span></span><span class="content"> that accepteth not the persons of princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">For they all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the work of his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In a moment shall they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">And the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">And the mighty shall be taken away without hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For his eyes </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> upon the ways of man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">And he seeth all his goings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> no darkness, nor shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For he will not lay upon man more </span><span class="add"><span class="content">than right</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">That he should enter into judgment with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He shall break in pieces mighty men without number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">And set others in their stead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore he knoweth their works,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">And he overturneth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> in the night, so that they are destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He striketh them as wicked men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">In the open sight of others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Because they turned back from him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">And would not consider any of his ways:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">And he heareth the cry of the afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">And when he hideth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> face, who then can behold him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">Whether </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it be done</span></span><span class="content"> against a nation, or against a man only:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That the hypocrite reign not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">Lest the people be ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Surely it is meet to be said unto God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">I have borne </span><span class="add"><span class="content">chastisement</span></span><span class="content">, I will not offend </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any more:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That which</span></span><span class="content"> I see not teach thou me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">If I have done iniquity, I will do no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Should it be</span></span><span class="content"> according to thy mind?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">He will recompense it, whether thou refuse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">Or whether thou choose; and not I:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">Therefore speak what thou knowest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let men of understanding tell me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">And let a wise man hearken unto me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Job hath spoken without knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">And his words </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> without wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">My desire </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is that</span></span><span class="content"> Job may be tried unto the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">Because of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> answers for wicked men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For he addeth rebellion unto his sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">He clappeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his hands</span></span><span class="content"> among us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">And multiplieth his words against God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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