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| 11:1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
| 11:2 | Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should man ful of talke be iustified? |
| 11:3 | Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? |
| 11:4 | For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes. |
| 11:5 | But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee, |
| 11:6 | And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth. |
| 11:7 | Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection? |
| 11:8 | It is as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know? |
| 11:9 | The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea. |
| 11:10 | If he cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
| 11:11 | For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it? |
| 11:12 | For vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult. |
| 11:13 | If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him: |
| 11:14 | If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles. |
| 11:15 | For then shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not feare: |
| 11:16 | Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away: |
| 11:17 | And thine age shalbe clearer then the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, thou shalt be as the morning. |
| 11:18 | And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. |
| 11:19 | Also thou shalt lye downe, and none shall make thee afraid; yea many shall make suite vnto thee. |
| 11:20 | But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost. |
| 11:1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde, |
| 11:2 | Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified? |
| 11:3 | Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed? |
| 11:4 | For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes. |
| 11:5 | But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee! |
| 11:6 | That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie. |
| 11:7 | Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection? |
| 11:8 | The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? |
| 11:9 | The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea. |
| 11:10 | If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe? |
| 11:11 | For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing. |
| 11:12 | Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte. |
| 11:13 | If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him: |
| 11:14 | If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle. |
| 11:15 | The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare. |
| 11:16 | But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past. |
| 11:17 | Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning. |
| 11:18 | And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely. |
| 11:19 | For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee. |
| 11:20 | But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde. |
| 11:1 | Then answered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde: |
| 11:2 | Shulde not he that maketh many wordes, be answered? Shuld he that bableth moch, be commended therin? |
| 11:3 | Shulde men geue eare vnto the onely? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorne, and shal no body mock the againe? |
| 11:4 | Wylt thou saye vnto God. The thyng that I take in hande is perfecte, and I am cleane in thy syght? |
| 11:5 | O that God wolde speake, and open his lyppes agaynst the, |
| 11:6 | that he myght shewe the (out of his secrete wysdome) why he rewardeth the double as he was appoynted to do: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the because of thy synne. |
| 11:7 | Art thou able to fynde out the secretes of God? Or wylt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almyghtye? |
| 11:8 | He is hyer then heauen, what arte thou able to do? Deper then the hell, how wilt thou then know him? |
| 11:9 | His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and hys bredth the bredth of the see. |
| 11:10 | Though he turne all thinges vp syde downe, close them in, gather them togeather, who wyll turne hym from his purpose? |
| 11:11 | For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men: he seyth theyr wyckednesse also, shulde he not then considre it? |
| 11:12 | A vayne body exalteth hym selfe, and man new borne is lyke a wylde asses colte. |
| 11:13 | If thou haddest nowe a ryght hert, and lyftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym: |
| 11:14 | yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednes which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwell in thy house. |
| 11:15 | Then myghtest thou lyft vp thy face without shame, and then shuldest thou be sure, and haue no nede to feare. |
| 11:16 | Then shuldest thou forget thy miserye, & thyncke nomore vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by. |
| 11:17 | Then shuld the residue of thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone daye, and sprynge forth as the mornyng. |
| 11:18 | Then mightest thou haue comforte, in the hope that thou hast: and slepe quyetly, when thou art buried. |
| 11:19 | Then shuldest thou take thy rest, & no man to make the afrayed, yee, many one shuld set moch by the. |
| 11:20 | As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shalbe consumed, and not escape: theyr hope shalbe misery and sorow of mynde. |
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