Job 11:6

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Summary

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Shew thee

God exacteth

Bible References

Shew thee

Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

The things hidden are to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed are to us and to our sons -- to the age, to do all the words of this law.

The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which is to be in the latter end of the days. 'Thy dream and the visions of thy head on thy bed are these:

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

but, according as it hath been written, 'What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him -- '

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

God exacteth

'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.