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11 I will teach you about God’s power.
    I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.

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11 “I will teach you about the power of God;
    the ways(A) of the Almighty I will not conceal.(B)

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10 At least I can take comfort in this:
    Despite the pain,
    I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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10 Then I would still have this consolation(A)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(B)
    that I had not denied the words(C) of the Holy One.(D)

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20 I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.

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20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything(A) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.

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A Call to Trust the Lord

11 The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,

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11 This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me,(A) warning me not to follow(B) the way of this people:

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17 O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
    and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

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17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(B)

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But there is a spirit[a] within people,
    the breath of the Almighty within them,
    that makes them intelligent.
Sometimes the elders are not wise.
    Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.
10 So listen to me,
    and let me tell you what I think.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:8 Or Spirit; also in 32:18.

But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)
It is not only the old[b] who are wise,(D)
    not only the aged(E) who understand what is right.(F)

10 “Therefore I say: Listen to me;(G)
    I too will tell you what I know.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18
  2. Job 32:9 Or many; or great

“In the past you have encouraged many people;
    you have strengthened those who were weak.
Your words have supported those who were falling;
    you encouraged those with shaky knees.

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Think how you have instructed many,(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.(B)
Your words have supported those who stumbled;(C)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.(D)

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“Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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See, I have taught(A) you decrees and laws(B) as the Lord my God commanded(C) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(D) to take possession of it.

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