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‘Someone must answer all these words that you have spoken.
You have talked a lot,
    but that does not mean that you are right.
Your proud words will not cause other people to say nothing.
    We must make you ashamed when you laugh at us.
You have said, “The things that I teach are true.
    God knows that I am a good man.”

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“Are all these words to go unanswered?(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(B)
Will your idle talk(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(D)
You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(E)
    and I am pure(F) in your sight.’

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“Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should [a]a man full of talk be vindicated?
Should your empty talk make men [b]hold their peace?
And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
For you have said,
(A)‘My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in your eyes.’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 11:2 Lit. a man of lips
  2. Job 11:3 be silent

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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