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1 The LORD continued to respond to Job:
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And 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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"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond."
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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"See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, I won't answer; twice, I won't do it again.
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I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but will proceed no further."
6 The LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Prepare yourself like a man; I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me.
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"Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.
8 Would you question my justice, deem me guilty so you can be innocent?
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Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
9 Or do you have an arm like God; can you thunder with a voice like him?
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Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself with splendor and majesty; clothe yourself with honor and esteem.
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"Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
11 Unleash your raging anger; look on all the proud and humble them.
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Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on all who are proud, and abase them.
12 Look on all the proud and debase them; trample the wicked in their place.
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Look on all who are proud, and bring them low; tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them together in the dust; bind their faces in a hidden place.
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Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
14 Then I, even I, will praise you, for your strong hand has delivered you.
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Then I will also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory.
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 just as I made you; it eats grass like an ox.
16 Look, his strength is in his thighs, his power in stomach muscles.
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Its strength is in its loins, and its 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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It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
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 bars 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 is the first of the great acts of God— only its Maker can approach it with the sword.
20 Indeed, the hills bring him tribute, places where all the wild animals play.
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For the mountains yield food for it where all the wild animals play.
21 He lies under the lotuses, under the cover of reed and marsh.
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Under the lotus plants it lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
22 The lotuses screen him with shade; poplars of the stream surround him.
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The lotus trees cover it for shade; the willows of the wadi 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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Even if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident though Jordan rushes against its mouth.
24 Can he be seized by his eyes? Can anyone pierce his nose by hooks?
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Can one take it with hooks or pierce its nose with a snare?
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