And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom [a](A)has two sides.
Know then that God [b]forgets part of (B)your guilt.

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  1. Job 11:6 Lit is double
  2. Job 11:6 Lit causes to be forgotten for you

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

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12 With His power He (A)quieted the sea,
And by His (B)understanding He shattered [a](C)Rahab.

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  1. Job 26:12 I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2

12 By his power he churned up the sea;(A)
    by his wisdom(B) he cut Rahab(C) to pieces.

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But it is a spirit that is in mankind,
And the (A)breath of the Almighty gives them (B)understanding.

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But it is the spirit[a](A) in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty,(B) that gives them understanding.(C)

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  1. Job 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18

Behold, God is mighty but does not (A)reject anyone;
He is (B)mighty in strength of understanding.

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“God is mighty,(A) but despises no one;(B)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(C)

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36 Who has (A)put wisdom in the innermost being,
Or given (B)understanding to the [a]mind?

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  1. Job 38:36 Or rooster

36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](A)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](B)

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  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.