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that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!
    For true wisdom has two sides.
    Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God?
    Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are high as heaven. What can you do?
    They are deeper than Sheol.[a] What can you know?

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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)

“Can you fathom(C) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(D) than the heavens(E) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(F)—what can you know?(G)

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