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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
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"Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
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Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
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For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.'
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But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,
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That He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For they would double your prudence. Know therefore that God exacts from you Less than your iniquity deserves.
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"Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
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They are higher than heaven--what can you do? Deeper than Sheol--what can you know?
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Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.