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Job 11:6

New English Translation

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

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“Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.

But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.

The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.

However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows.

The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”

This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.




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