| Chapter 40 |
1 | Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
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2 | 'Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.'
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3 | Then Job answered Yahweh,
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4 | 'Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
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5 | I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.'
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6 | Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
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7 | 'Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
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8 | Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
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9 | Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
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10 | 'Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
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11 | Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
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12 | Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
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13 | Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
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14 | Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.
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15 | 'See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
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16 | Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.
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17 | He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
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18 | His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
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19 | He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
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20 | Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.
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21 | He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
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22 | The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
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23 | Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
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24 | Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
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