What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you.

Blessed {be} God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait {into} a broad place, where {there is} no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table {should be} full of fatness. {that...: Heb. the rest of thy table}

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that {they are} double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee {less} than thine iniquity {deserveth}.

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed {that} ye make yourselves strange to me. {make...: or, harden yourselves against me}

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.