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- Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde;
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- Shoulde not [he that maketh] many wordes be aunswered?
Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?
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- Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest [others] shall no man make thee ashamed?
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- For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.
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- But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:
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- That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie.
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- Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God?
Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?
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- It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do?
deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?
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- The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.
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- Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?
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- For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?
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- Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man [newe] borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.
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- If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:
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- If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:
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- Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.
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- Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.
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- Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning.
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- Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche.
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- Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee.
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- As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.
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