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  • And the Lord said to Job:
  • Job Humbles Himself Before God

    And Jehovah answered Job and said,
  • “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
    He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
  • Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
  • Job Promises Silence

    Then Job answered the Lord and said:
  • And Job answered Jehovah and said,
  • “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
    I lay my hand on my mouth.
  • Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
  • I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
    twice, but I will proceed no further.”
  • Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
  • The Lord Challenges Job

    Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  • And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
  • “Dress for actiona like a man;
    I will question you, and you make it known to me.
  • Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
  • Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
  • Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
  • Have you an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with a voice like his?
  • Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
    clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
  • Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
  • Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
    and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
  • Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
  • Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
    and tread down the wicked where they stand.
  • Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
  • Hide them all in the dust together;
    bind their faces in the world below.b
  • Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
  • Then will I also acknowledge to you
    that your own right hand can save you.
  • Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
  • “Behold, Behemoth,c
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats grass like an ox.
  • See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
  • Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
  • Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
  • He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
  • He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
  • His bones are tubes of bronze,
    his limbs like bars of iron.
  • His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
  • “He is the first of the worksd of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!
  • He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
  • For the mountains yield food for him
    where all the wild beasts play.
  • For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
  • Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
  • He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
  • For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
    the willows of the brook surround him.
  • Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
  • Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
    he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
  • Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
  • Can one take him by his eyes,e
    or pierce his nose with a snare?
  • Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?

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