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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Furthermore Elihu answered and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear my words, O ye wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the ear trieth words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">As the mouth tasteth meat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let us choose to us judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">Let us know among ourselves what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For Job hath said, I am righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">And God hath taken away my judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Should I lie against my right?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">My wound </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> incurable without transgression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> like Job,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Who</span></span><span class="content"> drinketh up scorning like water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">And walketh with wicked men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">That he should delight himself with God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">Far be it from God, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that he should do</span></span><span class="content"> wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">from</span></span><span class="content"> the Almighty, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that he should commit</span></span><span class="content"> iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the work of a man shall he render unto him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">And cause every man to find according to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who hath given him a charge over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">Or who hath disposed the whole world?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If he set his heart upon man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">All flesh shall perish together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">And man shall turn again unto dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If now </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thou hast</span></span><span class="content"> understanding, hear this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">Hearken to the voice of my words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Shall even he that hateth right govern?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is it fit</span></span><span class="content"> to say to a king, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Thou art</span></span><span class="content"> wicked?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> to princes, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Ye are</span></span><span class="content"> ungodly?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">How much less to him</span></span><span class="content"> that accepteth not the persons of princes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">For they all </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> the work of his hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In a moment shall they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">And the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">And the mighty shall be taken away without hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For his eyes </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> upon the ways of man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">And he seeth all his goings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> no darkness, nor shadow of death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For he will not lay upon man more </span><span class="add"><span class="content">than right</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">That he should enter into judgment with God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He shall break in pieces mighty men without number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">And set others in their stead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Therefore he knoweth their works,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">And he overturneth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> in the night, so that they are destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He striketh them as wicked men</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">In the open sight of others;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Because they turned back from him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">And would not consider any of his ways:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">And he heareth the cry of the afflicted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">And when he hideth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> face, who then can behold him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">Whether </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it be done</span></span><span class="content"> against a nation, or against a man only:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">That the hypocrite reign not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">Lest the people be ensnared.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Surely it is meet to be said unto God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">I have borne </span><span class="add"><span class="content">chastisement</span></span><span class="content">, I will not offend </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any more:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That which</span></span><span class="content"> I see not teach thou me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">If I have done iniquity, I will do no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Should it be</span></span><span class="content"> according to thy mind?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">He will recompense it, whether thou refuse,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">Or whether thou choose; and not I:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">Therefore speak what thou knowest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Let men of understanding tell me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">And let a wise man hearken unto me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Job hath spoken without knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">And his words </span><span class="add"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> without wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">My desire </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is that</span></span><span class="content"> Job may be tried unto the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">Because of </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> answers for wicked men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">For he addeth rebellion unto his sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">He clappeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his hands</span></span><span class="content"> among us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">And multiplieth his words against God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu spake moreover, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Thinkest thou this to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">That</span></span><span class="content"> thou saidst, My righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> more than God's?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content">, What profit shall I have, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if I be cleansed</span></span><span class="content"> from my sin?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will answer thee,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">And thy companions with thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Look unto the heavens, and see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">And behold the clouds </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> are higher than thou.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">Or </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if</span></span><span class="content"> thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">Or what receiveth he of thine hand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Thy wickedness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may hurt</span></span><span class="content"> a man as thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">And thy righteousness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">may profit</span></span><span class="content"> the son of man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the oppressed</span></span><span class="content"> to cry:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">They cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But none saith, Where </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> God my maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">Who giveth songs in the night;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">And maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There they cry, but none giveth answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">Because of the pride of evil men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Surely God will not hear vanity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">Neither will the Almighty regard it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yet</span></span><span class="content"> judgment </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> before him; therefore trust thou in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But now, because </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">so</span></span><span class="content">, he hath visited in his anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">Yet he knoweth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> not in great extremity:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="content">He multiplieth words without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu also proceeded, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">That </span><span class="add"><span class="content">I have</span></span><span class="content"> yet to speak on God's behalf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will fetch my knowledge from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For truly my words </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall</span></span><span class="content"> not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> false:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">He that is perfect in knowledge </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> with thee.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Behold, God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> mighty, and despiseth not </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He is</span></span><span class="content"> mighty in strength </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> wisdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He preserveth not the life of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">But giveth right to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">But with kings </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are they</span></span><span class="content"> on the throne;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">Yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And if </span><span class="add"><span class="content">they be</span></span><span class="content"> bound in fetters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> be holden in cords of affliction;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he sheweth them their work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">And their transgressions that they have exceeded.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He openeth also their ear to discipline,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">And commandeth that they return from iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they obey and serve </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">They shall spend their days in prosperity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">And their years in pleasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">And they shall die without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">They cry not when he bindeth them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They die in youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">And their life </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> among the unclean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He delivereth the poor in his affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">And openeth their ears in oppression.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Into</span></span><span class="content"> a broad place, where </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no straitness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">And that which should be set on thy table </span><span class="add"><span class="content">should be</span></span><span class="content"> full of fatness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">Judgment and justice take hold </span><span class="add"><span class="content">on thee</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Because </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> wrath, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">beware</span></span><span class="content"> lest he take thee away with </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> stroke:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Will he esteem thy riches? </span><span class="add"><span class="content">no</span></span><span class="content">, not gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">Nor all the forces of strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Desire not the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">When people are cut off in their place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Take heed, regard not iniquity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Behold, God exalteth by his power:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who teacheth like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who hath enjoined him his way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">Or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember that thou magnify his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">Which men behold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Every man may see it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">Man may behold </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> afar off.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Behold, God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> great, and we know </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content"> not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">Neither can the number of his years be searched out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">For he maketh small the drops of water:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">They pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Which the clouds do drop</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> distil upon man abundantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Also can </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> understand the spreadings of the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Or</span></span><span class="content"> the noise of his tabernacle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">And covereth the bottom of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For by them judgeth he the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">He giveth meat in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">With clouds he covereth the light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">And commandeth it </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not to shine</span></span><span class="content"> by </span><span class="add"><span class="content">the cloud</span></span><span class="content"> that cometh betwixt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The noise thereof sheweth concerning it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">The cattle also concerning the vapour.</span></span></div><div 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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At this also my heart trembleth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">And is moved out of his place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Hear attentively the noise of his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">And the sound </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> goeth out of his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He directeth it under the whole heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After it a voice roareth:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">He thundereth with the voice of his excellency;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">And he will not stay them when his voice is heard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God thundereth marvellously with his voice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For he saith to the snow, Be thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">on</span></span><span class="content"> the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">Likewise to the small rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">And to the great rain of his strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He sealeth up the hand of every man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">That all men may know his work.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the beasts go into dens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">And remain in their places.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Out of the south cometh the whirlwind:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">And cold out of the north.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">By the breath of God frost is given:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">And the breadth of the waters is straitened.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">He scattereth his bright cloud:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And it is turned round about by his counsels:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">Upon the face of the world in the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Hearken unto this, O Job:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Dost thou know when God disposed them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">And caused the light of his cloud to shine?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">The wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How thy garments </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> warm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">When he quieteth the earth by the south </span><span class="add"><span class="content">wind?</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Hast thou with him spread out the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which is</span></span><span class="content"> strong, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> as a molten looking glass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Teach us what we shall say unto him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">For</span></span><span class="content"> we cannot order </span><span class="add"><span class="content">our speech</span></span><span class="content"> by reason of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Shall it be told him that I speak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And now </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content"> see not the bright light</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">Which </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the clouds:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">But the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Fair weather cometh out of the north:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">With God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> terrible majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Touching</span></span><span class="content"> the Almighty, we cannot find him out:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">He is</span></span><span class="content"> excellent in power, and in judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">And in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Men do therefore fear him:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="content">He respecteth not any </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that are</span></span><span class="content"> wise of heart.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The king's heart </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.21.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Every way of a man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right in his own eyes:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> pondereth the hearts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">To do justice and judgment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> more acceptable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> than sacrifice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.21.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">An high look, and a proud heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> the plowing of the wicked, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The thoughts of the diligent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">tend</span></span><span class="content"> only to plenteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">But of every one </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that is</span></span><span class="content"> hasty only to want.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The getting of treasures by a lying tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Is</span></span><span class="content"> a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.21.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">Because they refuse to do judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The way of man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> froward and strange:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as for</span></span><span class="content"> the pure, his work </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> right.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.21.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The soul of the wicked desireth evil:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">His neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.21.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The righteous </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> wisely considereth the house of the wicked:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But God</span></span><span class="content"> overthroweth the wicked for </span><span class="add"><span class="content">their</span></span><span class="content"> wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">He also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">A gift in secret pacifieth anger:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">And a reward in the bosom strong wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> joy to the just to do judgment:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">But destruction </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> to the workers of iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.21.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.21.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He that loveth pleasure </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> a poor man:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.21.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> a ransom for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">And the transgressor for the upright.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.21.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> better to dwell in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">Than with a contentious and an angry woman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.21.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">But a foolish man spendeth it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.21.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He that followeth after righteousness and mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> scaleth the city of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">And casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.21.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">Keepeth his soul from troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.21.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Proud </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> haughty scorner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">Who dealeth in proud wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.21.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The desire of the slothful killeth him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">For his hands refuse to labour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.21.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He coveteth greedily all the day long:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">But the righteous giveth and spareth not.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.21.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sacrifice of the wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> abomination:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">How much more, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">when</span></span><span class="content"> he bringeth it with a wicked mind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.21.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A false witness shall perish:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">But the man that heareth speaketh constantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.21.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A wicked man hardeneth his face:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as for</span></span><span class="content"> the upright, he directeth his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.21.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> no wisdom nor understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">Nor counsel against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.21.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The horse </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> prepared against the day of battle:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.21.31"><span class="content">But safety </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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