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0 Moreover Hashem answered Iyov, and said,
2 Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
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Shall he that contendeth with Shaddai correct him? The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker of G-d), let him answer it.
3 And Job said in answer to the Lord,
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Then Iyov answered Hashem, and said,
4 Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
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See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? I will lay mine yad upon my mouth.
5 I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
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Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, shtayim (twice), but I will proceed no further.
6 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
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Then answered Hashem unto Iyov out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
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Gird up thy loins now like a gever. I will question thee, and thou shall answer Me.
8 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
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Wilt thou also annul My mishpat (justice)? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
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Hast thou a zero’a like El? Or canst thou thunder with a kol (voice) like Him?
10 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
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Adorn thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with hod (glory) and hadar (splendor).
11 Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
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Unleash thy evrot af (furious wrath); and behold every one that is proud, and bring him low.
12 Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
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Look on every one that is proud, and humble him, and tread down the resha’im in their place.
13 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
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Bury them in the aphar together; shroud their faces in the crypt.
14 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
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Then odecha (will I confess, admit unto thee) that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
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Hinei now behemot (hippopotamus), which I made along with thee; he eateth grass like an ox.
16 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
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Hinei now, his koach is in his loins, and his force is in the sinews of his beten (belly).
17 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
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He moveth his zanav (tail) like a cedar branch; the sinews of his thighs are firmly interwoven.
18 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
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His atzmot are like tubes of nechoshet; his limbs are like rods of barzel (iron).
19 He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
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He is the reshit (firstling) of the ways of El; He, his Maker, can approach it with His cherev.
20 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
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Surely the harim bring forth food for him, where all the wild beasts play.
21 He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
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He lieth under the shade of lotus plants, beseter (in the covert) of the reed and marsh.
22 He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
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The lotus plants cover him with their shadow; the willows by the nakhal (brook, stream) surround him.
23 Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
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See, when the nahar (river) rages, he is not alarmed; he is confident, though Yarden breaketh forth upon his mouth.
24 Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
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While he is looking can one capture him? With mokeshim (hooks) can one pierce his nose?
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