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