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Iyov 11:4-13 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

4. For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.

5. But oh that Eloah would speak, and open His lips against thee,

6. And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! Have da'as therefore that Eloah forgetteth much of thy avon.

7. Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)? Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty)?

8. It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da'as?

9. The measure thereof is longer than ha'aretz, and broader than the yam (sea).

10. When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?

11. For He has da'as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?

12. But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!

13. If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,

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