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The Book of Job, Chapter 34, Verse 4

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For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
King James Version
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
American Standard Version
Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
New English Translation
Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
World English Bible
Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
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For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
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What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
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Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
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For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
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Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
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If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;