Zophar Speaks
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Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?
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6 so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?
He would show you the secrets of wisdom,(C)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.(D)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.(D)
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As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—
14 and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—
if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—
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16 and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—
For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.
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18 recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.
You will be confident, because there is hope.(K)
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.(L)
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.(L)
Footnotes:
a.
Job 11:2: Lit a man of lips
b.
Job 11:5: Lit and open His lips
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Job 11:17: Text emended; MT reads noonday; you are dark, you