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Job 21:5

New Century Version

Look at me and be shocked; put your hand over your mouth in shock.

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I wish you would just stop talking; then you would really be wise!

Honest people are upset about this; innocent people are upset with those who do wrong.

They saw Job from far away, but he looked so different they almost didn’t recognize him. They began to cry loudly and tore their robes and put dirt on their heads to show how sad they were.

The leading men stopped speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

“I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything, so I will put my hand over my mouth.

I am quiet; I do not open my mouth, because you are the one who has done this.

“If you have been foolish and proud, or if you have planned evil, shut your mouth.

But now he will surprise many nations. Kings will be amazed and shut their mouths. They will see things they had not been told about him, and they will understand things they had not heard.”

In such times the wise person will keep quiet, because it is a bad time.

When the nations see those miracles, they will no longer brag about their power. They will put their hands over their mouths, refusing to listen.

Yes, God’s riches are very great, and his wisdom and knowledge have no end! No one can explain the things God decides or understand his ways.

They answered, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest for one man’s house or for a tribe and family group in Israel?”




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