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Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
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"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."
Job Responds to Yahweh
3 So Job answered Yahweh and said,
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"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
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Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; even twice, but I will not proceed."
Yahweh Challenges Job Again
6 Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
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"{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
Yahweh Interrogates Job Again
8 "Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
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Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
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Adorn yourself [with] pride and dignity, and clothe yourself [with] splendor.
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Pour out the overflowing of your anger, and look at all [the] proud, and humble them.
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Look at all [the] proud, humble them, and tread down [the] wicked {where they stand}.
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Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the grave.
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And I will also praise you, that your [own] right hand can save you.
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"Look, Behemoth, which I have made just as [I made] you; it eats grass like the ox.
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Look, its strength [is] in its loins and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
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It keeps its tail straight like a cedar; [the] sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
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Its bones [are] tubes of copper, its limbs like rods of iron.
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"It [is] the first of God's actions; the [one who] made him furnishes [it with] his sword.
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Yes, [the] mountains yield produce for it, and all {wild animals} play there.
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Under [the] lotus tree it lies, in [the] hiding place of [the] reeds and [in the] marsh.
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[The] lotus trees cover it [with] their shade; [the] wadi's poplar trees surround it.
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Look, [if the] river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident even though [the] Jordan rushes against its mouth.
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Can anyone take it by its eyes? Can he pierce [its] nose with a snare?