Job 34
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Job 34:2
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"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
Job 34:3
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"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
Job 34:4
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"Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job 34:5
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"For Job has said, `I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;
Job 34:6
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Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, {though I am} without transgression.'
Job 34:7
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"What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water,
Job 34:8
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Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
Job 34:9
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"For he has said, `It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.'
Job 34:10
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"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
Job 34:11
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"For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way.
Job 34:12
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"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Job 34:13
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"Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid {on Him} the whole world?
Job 34:14
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"If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
Job 34:15
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All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
Job 34:16
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"But if {you have} understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.
Job 34:17
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"Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
Job 34:18
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Who says to a king, `Worthless one,' To nobles, `Wicked ones';
Job 34:19
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Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
Job 34:20
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"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
Job 34:21
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"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.
Job 34:22
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"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 34:23
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"For He does not {need to} consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
Job 34:24
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"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
Job 34:25
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"Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows {them} in the night, And they are crushed.
Job 34:26
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"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
Job 34:27
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Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;
Job 34:28
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So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted--
Job 34:29
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When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?--
Job 34:30
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So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.
Job 34:31
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"For has anyone said to God, `I have borne {chastisement;} I will not offend {anymore;}
Job 34:32
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Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again'?
Job 34:33
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"Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected {it?} For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
Job 34:34
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"Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me,
Job 34:35
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`Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
Job 34:36
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`Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men.
Job 34:37
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`For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."'
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