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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed, I know that this is true.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Though they wished to dispute with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He moves mountains without their knowing it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">and overturns them in his anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He shakes the earth from its place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">and makes its pillars tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">he seals off the light of the stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He alone stretches out the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">and treads on the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He is the Maker of the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Orion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">miracles that cannot be counted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When he passes me, I cannot see him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If he snatches away, who can stop him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">Who can say to him, &#8216;What are you doing?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">God does not restrain his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then can I dispute with him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">How can I find words to argue with him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even if I summoned him and he responded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">I do not believe he would give me a hearing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He would crush me with a storm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">and multiply my wounds for no reason.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He would not let me catch my breath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">but would overwhelm me with misery.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:19 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">me.</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.9.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Although I am blameless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I have no concern for myself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">I despise my own life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.9.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It is all the same; that is why I say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">&#8216;He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When a scourge brings sudden death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">he mocks the despair of the innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">he blindfolds its judges.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">If it is not he, then who is it?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;My days are swifter than a runner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">they fly away without a glimpse of joy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They skim past like boats of papyrus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">like eagles swooping down on their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If I say, &#8216;I will forget my complaint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">I will change my expression, and smile,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I still dread all my sufferings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">for I know you will not hold me innocent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.9.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Since I am already found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">why should I struggle in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even if I washed myself with soap</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">and my hands with cleansing powder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.9.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">you would plunge me into a slime pit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">so that even my clothes would detest me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.9.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">that we might confront each other in court.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.9.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If only there were someone to mediate between us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">someone to bring us together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">someone to remove God&#8217;s rod from me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">so that his terror would frighten me no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then I would speak up without fear of him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.9.35"><span class="content">but as it now stands with me, I cannot.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;I loathe my very life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">therefore I will give free rein to my complaint</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.10.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="content">but tell me what charges you have against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Does it please you to oppress me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">to spurn the work of your hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">while you smile on the plans of the wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do you have eyes of flesh?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="content">Do you see as a mortal sees?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Are your days like those of a mortal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="content">or your years like those of a strong man,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">that you must search out my faults</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="content">and probe after my sin&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">though you know that I am not guilty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="content">and that no one can rescue me from your hand?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Your hands shaped me and made me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="content">Will you now turn and destroy me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember that you molded me like clay.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="content">Will you now turn me to dust again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Did you not pour me out like milk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="content">and curdle me like cheese,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">clothe me with skin and flesh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="content">and knit me together with bones and sinews?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You gave me life and showed me kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="content">and in your providence watched over my spirit.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;But this is what you concealed in your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="content">and I know that this was in your mind:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If I sinned, you would be watching me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="content">and would not let my offense go unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If I am guilty&#8212;woe to me!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">for I am full of shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">and drowned in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and aware of</span></span></span><span class="content"> my affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="content">and again display your awesome power against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You bring new witnesses against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">and increase your anger toward me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">your forces come against me wave upon wave.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why then did you bring me out of the womb?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="content">I wish I had died before any eye saw me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If only I had never come into being,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="content">or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Are not my few days almost over?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="content">Turn away from me so I can have a moment&#8217;s joy</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">before I go to the place of no return,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="content">to the land of gloom and utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">to the land of deepest night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="content">of utter darkness and disorder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.10.22"><span class="content">where even the light is like darkness.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="JOB.11.1+JOB.11.2+JOB.11.3+JOB.11.4+JOB.11.5+JOB.11.6+JOB.11.7+JOB.11.8+JOB.11.9+JOB.11.10+JOB.11.11+JOB.11.12+JOB.11.13+JOB.11.14+JOB.11.15+JOB.11.16+JOB.11.17+JOB.11.18+JOB.11.19+JOB.11.20">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Are all these words to go unanswered?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.11.2"><span class="content">Is this talker to be vindicated?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.11.3"><span class="content">Will no one rebuke you when you mock?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You say to God, &#8216;My beliefs are flawless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.11.4"><span class="content">and I am pure in your sight.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Oh, how I wish that God would speak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.11.5"><span class="content">that he would open his lips against you</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.11.6"><span class="content">for true wisdom has two sides.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.11.6"><span class="content">Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you fathom the mysteries of God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.11.7"><span class="content">Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are higher than the heavens above&#8212;what can you do?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.11.8"><span class="content">They are deeper than the depths below&#8212;what can you know?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their measure is longer than the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.11.9"><span class="content">and wider than the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;If he comes along and confines you in prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.11.10"><span class="content">and convenes a court, who can oppose him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Surely he recognizes deceivers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.11.11"><span class="content">and when he sees evil, does he not take note?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But the witless can no more become wise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.11.12"><span class="content">than a wild donkey&#8217;s colt can be born human.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wild donkey can be born tame</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet if you devote your heart to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.11.13"><span class="content">and stretch out your hands to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">if you put away the sin that is in your hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.11.14"><span class="content">and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.11.15"><span class="content">you will stand firm and without fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will surely forget your trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.11.16"><span class="content">recalling it only as waters gone by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Life will be brighter than noonday,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.11.17"><span class="content">and darkness will become like morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">You will be secure, because there is hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.11.18"><span class="content">you will look about you and take your rest in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.11.19"><span class="content">and many will court your favor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the eyes of the wicked will fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.11.20"><span class="content">and escape will elude them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.11.20"><span class="content">their hope will become a dying gasp.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="JOB.12.1+JOB.12.2+JOB.12.3+JOB.12.4+JOB.12.5+JOB.12.6+JOB.12.7+JOB.12.8+JOB.12.9+JOB.12.10+JOB.12.11+JOB.12.12+JOB.12.13+JOB.12.14+JOB.12.15+JOB.12.16+JOB.12.17+JOB.12.18+JOB.12.19+JOB.12.20+JOB.12.21+JOB.12.22+JOB.12.23+JOB.12.24+JOB.12.25">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Doubtless you are the only people who matter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="content">and wisdom will die with you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I have a mind as well as you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">I am not inferior to you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">Who does not know all these things?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have become a laughingstock to my friends,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">though I called on God and he answered&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="content">as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The tents of marauders are undisturbed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">and those who provoke God are secure&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">those God has in his hand.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">those whose god is in their own hand</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;But ask the animals, and they will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="content">or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="content">or let the fish in the sea inform you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Which of all these does not know</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="content">that the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">In his hand is the life of every creature</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="content">and the breath of all mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Does not the ear test words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="content">as the tongue tastes food?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Is not wisdom found among the aged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="content">Does not long life bring understanding?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;To God belong wisdom and power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="content">counsel and understanding are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="content">those he imprisons cannot be released.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If he holds back the waters, there is drought;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="content">if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">To him belong strength and insight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="content">both deceived and deceiver are his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He leads rulers away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="content">and makes fools of judges.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He takes off the shackles put on by kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="content">and ties a loincloth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">shackles of kings / and ties a belt</span></span></span><span class="content"> around their waist.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He leads priests away stripped</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="content">and overthrows officials long established.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He silences the lips of trusted advisers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="content">and takes away the discernment of elders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="content">and disarms the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He reveals the deep things of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="content">and brings utter darkness into the light.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He makes nations great, and destroys them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="content">he enlarges nations, and disperses them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="content">he makes them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They grope in darkness with no light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.12.25"><span class="content">he makes them stagger like drunkards.</span></span></div>
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