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11:1 icapshen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,  
11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should man ful of talke be iustified? Margin Note
11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Margin Note
11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.  
11:5 But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee,  
11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.  
11:7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?  
11:8 It is as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know? Margin Note
11:9 The measure therof is longer then the earth, and broader then the sea.  
11:10 If he cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then who can hinder him? Margin Note
11:11 For, he knoweth vaine men: hee seeth wickednesse also, will he not then consider it?  
11:12 For vaine man would be wise; though man be borne like a wilde asses coult. Margin Note
11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:  
11:14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.  
11:15 For then shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not feare:  
11:16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:  
11:17 And thine age shalbe clearer then the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, thou shalt be as the morning. Margin Note
11:18 And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.  
11:19 Also thou shalt lye downe, and none shall make thee afraid; yea many shall make suite vnto thee. Margin Note
11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost. Margin Note