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Job Humbles Himself Before God

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

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And the Lord said to Job:

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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?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

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Job Promises Silence

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

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Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

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“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

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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 I will proceed no further.”

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Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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The Lord Challenges Job

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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“Dress for actiona like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.

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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 in the right?

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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?

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Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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“Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

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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 everyone who is proud and abase him.

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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 everyone who is proud and bring him low
and tread down the wicked where they stand.

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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.b

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Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

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Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own right hand can save you.

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Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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“Behold, Behemoth,c
which I made as I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.

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Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

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Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.

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He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

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He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

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His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.

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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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“He is the first of the worksd of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!

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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 him
where all the wild beasts play.

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He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.

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The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

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For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.

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Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

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He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

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Can one take him by his eyes,e
or pierce his nose with a snare?

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Job 40

Job 40