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1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
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And the Lord said to Job:
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond."
3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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Then Job answered the Lord:
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon 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 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
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I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but will proceed no further."
6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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"Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou 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 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
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"Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on all who are proud, and abase them.
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down 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 in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
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Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
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Then I will also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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"Look at Behemoth, which I made just as I made you; it eats grass like an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
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Its strength is in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
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It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
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Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
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"It is the first of the great acts of God— only its Maker can approach it with the sword.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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For the mountains yield food for it where all the wild animals play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
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Under the lotus plants it lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
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The lotus trees cover it for shade; the willows of the wadi surround it.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan 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 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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Can one take it with hooks or pierce its nose with a snare?
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