10 He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
11 Will not His [a]excellence make you afraid,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:11 Lit. exaltation

10 He would surely call you to account
    if you secretly showed partiality.(A)
11 Would not his splendor(B) terrify you?
    Would not the dread of him fall on you?(C)
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.(D)

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10 He will surely rebuke you
    if in secret you show partiality.
11 Will not his (A)majesty terrify you,
    and the dread of him fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of (B)ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.

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