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Job 34:2-22

2Hear my words, ye wise men;And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.3For the ear trieth words,As the palate tasteth food.4Let us choose for us that which is right:Let us know among ourselves what is good.5For Job hath said, I am righteous,And God hath taken away my right:6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar;My wound is incurable, though I amwithout transgression.7What man is like Job,Who drinketh up scoffing like water,8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,And walketh with wicked men?9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothingThat he should delight himself with God.10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.11For the work of a man will he render unto him,And cause every man to find according to his ways.12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly,Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.13Who gave him a charge over the earth?Or who hath disposed the whole world?14If he set his heart upon himself,Ifhe gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;15All flesh shall perish together,And man shall turn again unto dust.16If nowthou hastunderstanding, hear this:Hearken to the voice of my words.17Shall even one that hateth justice govern?And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous and mighty?—18Himthat saith to a king, Thou art vile,Orto nobles, Ye arewicked;19That respecteth not the persons of princes,Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor;For they all are the work of his hands.20In a moment they die, even at midnight;The people are shaken and pass away,And the mighty are taken away without hand.21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man,And he seeth all his goings.22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain