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Then answeredH6030 EliphazH464 the Temanite,H8489 and said,H559
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Should a wiseH2450 man utterH6030 vainH7307 knowledge,H1847 and fillH4390 his bellyH990 with the eastH6921 wind?H7307
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Should he reasonH3198 with unprofitableH5532 talk?H1697 or with speechesH4405 with which he can doH5953 noH3808 good?H3276
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Yes,H637 you castH6565 off fear,H3374 and restrainH1639 prayerH7878 beforeH6440 God.H410
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For your mouthH6310 uttersH502 your iniquity,H5771 and you chooseH977 the tongueH3956 of the crafty.H6175
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Your own mouthH6310 comdemnsH7561 you, and not I: yes, your own lipsH8193 testifyH6030 against you.
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Are you the firstH7223 manH120 that was born?H3205 or were you madeH2342 beforeH6440 the hills?H1389
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Have you heardH8085 the secretH5475 of God?H433 and do you restrainH1639 wisdomH2451 to yourself?H413
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WhatH4100 knowH3045 you, that we knowH3045 not? what understandH995 you, whichH1931 is not in us?
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With us are bothH1571 the gray headedH7867 and veryH3453 agedH3453 men, muchH3524 elderH1419 than your father.H1
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Are the consolationsH8575 of GodH410 smallH4592 with you? is there any secretH328 thingH1697 with you?
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WhyH4100 does your heartH3820 carryH3947 you away? and whatH4100 do your eyesH5869 winkH7335 at,
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That you turnH7725 your spiritH7307 againstH413 God,H410 and let such wordsH4405 goH3318 out of your mouth?H6310
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WhatH4100 is man,H582 that he should be clean?H2135 and he which is bornH3205 of a woman,H802 that he should be righteous?H6663
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Behold,H2005 he puts noH3808 trustH539 in his saints;H6918 yes, the heavensH8064 are not cleanH2141 in his sight.H5869
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HowH637 much more abominableH8581 and filthyH444 is man,H376 which drinksH8354 iniquityH5766 like water?H4325
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I will showH2331 you, hearH8085 me; and that which I have seenH2372 I will declare;H5608
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WhichH834 wiseH2450 men have toldH5046 from their fathers,H1 and have not hidH3582 it:
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To whomH1992 aloneH905 the earthH776 was given,H5414 and noH3808 strangerH2114 passedH5674 amongH8432 them.
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The wickedH7563 man travailsH2342 with pain allH3605 his days,H3117 and the numberH4557 of yearsH8141 is hiddenH6845 to the oppressor.H6184
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A dreadfulH6343 soundH6963 is in his ears:H241 in prosperityH7965 the destroyerH7703 shall comeH935 on him.
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He believesH539 not that he shall returnH7725 out of darkness,H2822 and he is waitedH6822 for of the sword.H2719
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He wandersH5074 abroadH5074 for bread,H3899 saying, WhereH346 is it? he knowsH3045 that the dayH3117 of darknessH2822 is readyH3559 at his hand.H3027
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TroubleH6862 and anguishH4691 shall make him afraid;H1204 they shall prevailH8630 against him, as a kingH4428 readyH6264 to the battle.H3593
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For he stretchesH5186 out his handH3027 againstH413 God,H410 and strengthensH1396 himself againstH413 the Almighty.H7706
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He runsH7323 on him, even on his neck,H6677 on the thickH5672 bossesH1354 of his bucklers:H4043
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BecauseH3588 he coversH3680 his faceH6440 with his fatness,H2459 and makesH6213 bulgesH6371 of fatH6371 on his flanks.H3689
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And he dwellsH7931 in desolateH3582 cities,H5892 and in housesH1004 which noH3808 man inhabits,H3427 whichH834 are readyH6257 to become heaps.H1530
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He shall not be rich,H6238 neitherH3808 shall his substanceH2428 continue,H6965 neitherH3808 shall he prolongH5186 the perfectionH4512 thereof on the earth.H776
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He shall not departH5493 out of darkness;H2822 the flameH7957 shall dryH3001 up his branches,H3127 and by the breathH7307 of his mouthH6310 shall he goH5493 away.
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Let not him that is deceivedH8582 trustH539 in vanity:H7723 for vanityH7723 shall be his recompense.H8545
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It shall be accomplishedH4390 beforeH3808 his time,H3117 and his branchH3712 shall not be green.H7488
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He shall shakeH2554 off his unripeH1154 grapeH1154 as the vine,H1612 and shall castH7993 off his flowerH5328 as the olive.H2132
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For the congregationH5712 of hypocritesH2611 shall be desolate,H1565 and fireH784 shall consumeH398 the tabernaclesH168 of bribery.H7810
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They conceiveH2029 mischief,H5999 and bringH3205 forthH3205 vanity,H205 and their bellyH990 preparesH3559 deceit.H4820
