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