2 "Hold thee still a little, and I shall show thee what I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
2 Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
2 "Be patient with me a moment longer, and I'll show you that there's more to say on God's behalf.
3 I will open unto thee yet more of mine understanding, and prove my maker righteous.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
3 I will get my knowledge from a distant placeand ascribe justice to my Maker.
3 I'll take what I know to its logical conclusion and ascribe righteousness to my Creator,
7 He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.
7 “He does not (H)withdraw His eyes from the righteous;But (I)with kings on the throneHe has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
7 He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,and they are exalted.
7 He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.
9 then sheweth he them their works and deeds and the sins wherewith they have used cruel violence.
9 Then He declares to them their workAnd their transgressions, that they have (K)magnified themselves.
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
9 God tells them what they have doneand how arrogantly they have transgressed.
9 he'll reveal their actions to them, when their transgressions have become excessive.
10 He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the ears, warneth them to leave off from their wickedness, and to amend.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
10 He opens their ears and instructs them, commanding them to repent from evil.
11 If they now will take heed and be obedient, they shall wear out their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasure and joy.
11 “If they hear and serve Him,They will (N)end their days in prosperityAnd their years in (O)pleasures.
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
11 If they serve Him obediently,they will end their days in prosperityand their years in happiness.(D)
11 If they listen and serve him, they'll finish their lives in prosperity and their years will be pleasant.
12 But if they will not obey, they shall go through the sword, and perish before they be aware.
12 “But if they do not hear, they shall (b)perish (P)by the swordAnd they will (Q)die without knowledge.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
12 "But if they won't listen, they'll perish by the sword and die in their ignorance.
13 As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.
13 “But the godless in heart lay up anger;They do not cry for help when He binds them.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
13 Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
13 The godless at heart cherish anger; they won't cry out for help when God afflicts them.
15 "The poor delivereth he out of his affliction, and comforteth such as be in necessity and trouble.
15 “He delivers the afflicted in (d)their (S)affliction,And (T)opens their ear (e)in time of oppression.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;He instructs them by their torment.
15 He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."
16 Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.
16 “Then indeed, He (U)enticed you from the mouth of distress,Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;And that which was set on your table was full of (f)fatness.
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
16 Indeed, He lured you from the jaws(d) of distressto a spacious and unconfined place.Your table was spread with choice food.
16 "Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.
17 Nevertheless, thou hast condemned the judgment of the ungodly; yea, even such a judgment and sentence shalt thou suffer.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;judgment and justice have seized you.
17 But now you are occupied with the case of the wicked; but justice and judgment will be served.
18 For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.
18 “Beware that (W)wrath does not entice you to scoffing;And do not let the greatness of the (X)ransom turn you aside.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
18 So that no one entices you with riches, don't let a large ransom turn you astray.
21 But beware that thou turn not aside to wickedness and sin, which hitherto thou hast chosen more than meekness.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,for that is why you have been tested by(h) affliction.
21 Be careful! Don't turn to evil, because of this you will be tried by more than affliction.
26 Behold, so great is God, that he passeth our knowledge; neither are we able to come to the experience of his years.
26 “Behold, God is (AF)exalted, and (AG)we do not know Him;The (AH)number of His years is unsearchable.
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
26 "God is truly awesome, beyond what we know; the number of his years is unknowable.
28 together for to rain, so that they pour down and drop upon men.
28 Which the clouds pour down,They drip upon man abundantly.
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
28 which the clouds pour outand shower abundantly on mankind.
28 When the clouds pour down; they drop their rain on all of humanity.
32 In the turning of a hand he hideth the light, and at his commandment it cometh again.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
32 He covers His hands with lightningand commands it to hit its mark.
32 His hands are covered with lightning that he commands to strike his designated target.
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