Then Job answered and said. ] Without taking notice of Bildad's harsh expressions and severe censures, or his unfriendliness to him; he enters directly into the argument, grants some things, confutes others, and defends himself and his conduct.
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"So what's new? I know all this. The question is, 'How can mere mortals get right with God?'
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If we wanted to bring our case before him, what chance would we have? Not one in a thousand!
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God's wisdom is so deep, God's power so immense, who could take him on and come out in one piece?
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He moves mountains before they know what's happened, flips them on their heads on a whim.
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