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1 The LORD continued to respond to Job:
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The LORD said to Job:
2 Will the one who disputes with the Almighty correct him? God's instructor must answer him.
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“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3 Job responded to the LORD:
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Then Job answered the LORD:
4 Look, I'm of little worth. What can I answer you? I'll put my hand over my mouth.
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“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, I won't answer; twice, I won't do it again.
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I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
6 The LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Prepare yourself like a man; I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me.
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“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 Would you question my justice, deem me guilty so you can be innocent?
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“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 Or do you have an arm like God; can you thunder with a voice like him?
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Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
10 Adorn yourself with splendor and majesty; clothe yourself with honor and esteem.
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Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Unleash your raging anger; look on all the proud and humble them.
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Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12 Look on all the proud and debase them; trample the wicked in their place.
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look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them together in the dust; bind their faces in a hidden place.
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Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
14 Then I, even I, will praise you, for your strong hand has delivered you.
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Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Look at Behemoth, whom I made along with you; he eats grass like cattle.
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“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Look, his strength is in his thighs, his power in stomach muscles.
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What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons in his thighs are tightly woven.
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Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are like bronze tubes, his limbs like iron bars.
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Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 He is the first of God's acts; only his maker can come near him with a sword.
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It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 Indeed, the hills bring him tribute, places where all the wild animals play.
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The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 He lies under the lotuses, under the cover of reed and marsh.
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Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 The lotuses screen him with shade; poplars of the stream surround him.
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The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 If the river surges, he doesn't hurry; he is confident even though the Jordan gushes into his mouth.
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A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 Can he be seized by his eyes? Can anyone pierce his nose by hooks?
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Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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