1Hear, therefore, my discourse, I pray thee, O Job! And attend unto all my words!

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Job 13:6, Job 13:6, Job 34:2, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 49:3

2Behold, I am opening my mouth; My tongue is now speaking in my palate.

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Job 3:1, Job 3:1, Matthew 5:2, Psalms 78:2, Job 31:30

3My words shall be in the uprightness of my heart; My lips shall utter knowledge purely.

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Job 27:4, Job 27:4, Proverbs 20:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:4

4The spirit of God made me, And the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

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Job 32:8, Job 32:8, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Job 27:3

5If thou art able, answer me; Set thyself in array against me; stand up!

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Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 32:12

6Behold, I, like thee, am a creature of God; I also was formed of clay.

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Job 4:19, Job 4:19, Job 10:9, Exodus 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:20

7Behold, my terror cannot dismay thee, Nor can my greatness be heavy upon thee.

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Job 13:21, Job 13:21, Job 9:34, Job 9:34, Psalms 88:16

8Surely thou hast said in my hearing, I have heard the sound of thy words:

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Jeremiah 29:23, Deuteronomy 13:14, Jeremiah 29:23, Deuteronomy 13:14

9"I am pure, and without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.

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Job 10:7, Job 16:17, Job 10:7, Job 16:17, Job 9:21

10Behold, He seeketh causes of hostility against me; He regardeth me as his enemy.

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Job 13:24, Job 13:25, Job 19:11, Job 13:24, Job 13:25

11He putteth my feet in the stocks; He watcheth all my paths."

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Job 13:27, Job 13:27, Job 31:4, Job 31:4, Acts 16:24

12Behold, in this thou art not right; I will answer thee; For God is greater than man.

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Job 36:5, Ezekiel 18:25, Job 36:5, Ezekiel 18:25, Ecclesiastes 7:20

13Why dost thou contend with Him? For he giveth no account of any of his doings.

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Job 40:2, Job 40:2, Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 45:9, Ezekiel 22:14

14For God speaketh once, Yea, twice, when man regardeth it not.

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Proverbs 1:24, Proverbs 1:24, 2 Chronicles 33:10, 2 Chronicles 33:10, Psalms 62:11

15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumber upon the bed;

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Numbers 12:6, Numbers 12:6, Job 4:13, Job 4:13, Genesis 31:24

16Then openeth he the ears of men, And sealeth up for them admonition;

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Job 36:10, Job 36:10, Job 36:15, Job 36:15, Psalms 40:6

17That he may turn man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

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James 4:10, James 4:10, Job 17:11, 2 Corinthians 12:7, Isaiah 2:11

18Thus he saveth him from the pit, Yea, his life from perishing by the sword.

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2 Peter 3:9, Job 33:30, Job 33:28, 2 Peter 3:9, Job 33:30

19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with a continual agitation of his bones,

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Job 30:17, Job 30:17, Psalms 119:71, Job 5:17, Job 5:18

20So that his mouth abhorreth bread, And his taste the choicest food;

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Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18, Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18, Jeremiah 3:19

21His flesh is consumed, that it cannot be seen, And his bones, that were invisible, are naked;

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Job 19:20, Job 19:20, Proverbs 5:11, Proverbs 5:11, Job 7:5

22Yea, his soul draweth near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

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2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:16, Acts 12:23, 1 Samuel 2:6, Job 15:21

23But if there be with him a messenger, An interpreter, one of a thousand, Who may show unto man his duty,

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Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ecclesiastes 7:28, 2 Corinthians 5:20

24Then will God be gracious to him, and say, "Save him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom."

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Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Matthew 20:28, Job 33:18, Psalms 49:7

25His flesh shall became fresher than a child’s; He shall return to the days of his youth.

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Psalms 103:5, Psalms 103:5, 2 Kings 5:14, 2 Kings 5:14, Joshua 14:10

26He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him, And permit him to see his face with joy, And restore unto man his righteousness.

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 30:5, Acts 2:28

27He shall sing among men, and say, "I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:

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Romans 6:21, Romans 6:21, 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 12:13, Psalms 14:2

28He hath delivered me from going down to the pit, And my life beholdeth the light."

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Job 3:16, Job 33:24, Job 33:22, Job 3:9, Job 3:16

29Lo! all these things doeth God Time after time with man,

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1 Corinthians 12:6, Ephesians 1:11, Philippians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 12:6, Ephesians 1:11

30That he may bring him back from the pit, That he may enjoy the light of the living.

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Psalms 56:13, Psalms 56:13, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 38:17, Psalms 40:1

31Mark well, O Job! hearken to me! Keep silence, and I will speak.

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Job 18:2, Job 18:2, Job 13:6, Job 21:2, Job 32:11

32Yet if thou hast any thing to say, answer me! Speak! for I desire to pronounce thee innocent.

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Job 22:5, Job 22:9, Job 27:5, Job 15:4, Job 15:5

33But if not, do thou listen to me! Keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom!

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Psalms 34:11, Psalms 34:11, Job 33:3, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 4:1