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Job 40
[1] Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
[2] “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.” [3] Then Job answered Yahweh,
[4] “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
[5] I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” [6] Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
[7] “Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer me.
[8] Will you even annul my judgment?
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? [10] “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.
Array yourself with honor and majesty.
[11] Pour out the fury of your anger.
Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
[12] Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Crush the wicked in their place.
[13] Hide them in the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
[14] Then I will also admit to you
that your own right hand can save you. [15] “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you.
He eats grass as an ox.
[16] Look now, his strength is in his thighs.
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
[17] He moves his tail like a cedar.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
[18] His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron. [19] He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his sword.
[20] Surely the mountains produce food for him,
where all the animals of the field play.
[21] He lies under the lotus trees,
in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
[22] The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him.
[23] Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble.
He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
[24] Shall any take him when he is on the watch,
or pierce through his nose with a snare?
[2] “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.” [3] Then Job answered Yahweh,
[4] “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
[5] I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” [6] Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
[7] “Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer me.
[8] Will you even annul my judgment?
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? [10] “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.
Array yourself with honor and majesty.
[11] Pour out the fury of your anger.
Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
[12] Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Crush the wicked in their place.
[13] Hide them in the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
[14] Then I will also admit to you
that your own right hand can save you. [15] “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you.
He eats grass as an ox.
[16] Look now, his strength is in his thighs.
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
[17] He moves his tail like a cedar.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
[18] His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron. [19] He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his sword.
[20] Surely the mountains produce food for him,
where all the animals of the field play.
[21] He lies under the lotus trees,
in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
[22] The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him.
[23] Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble.
He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
[24] Shall any take him when he is on the watch,
or pierce through his nose with a snare?