Parallel Bible results for "Job 40:6-24"

Job 40:6-24

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6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 "Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
8 “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
10 "Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
12 look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
13 Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
14 Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
14 Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 "Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
15 “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 "He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!
19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
20 The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
21 Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
23 A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare?
24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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