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Moreover Elihu answered and said

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Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge

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For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food

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Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good

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For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and G-d hath taken away my right

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Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.

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What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water

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Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men

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For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with G-d.

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Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from G-d, that He should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity

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For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways

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Yea, of a surety, G-d will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice

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Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world

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If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath

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All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust

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If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words

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Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty-

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Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'?-

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That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands

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In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand

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For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings

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There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves

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For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before G-d in judgment

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He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead

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Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed

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He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others

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Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways

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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted

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When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike

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That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people

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For hath any said unto G-d: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not

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That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'

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Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest

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Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me

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'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.

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Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men

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For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against G-d