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| 40:1 |
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
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| 40:2 |
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
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| 40:3 |
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
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| 40:4 |
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
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| 40:5 |
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
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| 40:6 |
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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| 40:7 |
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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| 40:8 |
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
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| 40:9 |
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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| 40:10 |
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
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| 40:11 |
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
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| 40:12 |
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
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| 40:13 |
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
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| 40:14 |
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
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| 40:15 |
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
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| 40:16 |
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
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| 40:17 |
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
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| 40:18 |
His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
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| 40:19 |
He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
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| 40:20 |
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
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| 40:21 |
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
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| 40:22 |
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
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| 40:23 |
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
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| 40:24 |
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
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