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Job Humbles Himself Before God
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Job: What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
Then the LORD said to Job,
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
God Questions Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
“Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
“Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.
And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
“Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.
Bind them in the hidden place.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
“Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.
That your own right hand can save you.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.
And his power in the muscles of his belly.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.
Let his maker bring near his sword.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
And all the beasts of the field play there.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
The willows of the brook surround him.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.