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God’s Power and Wisdom

Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:

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Job Humbles Himself Before God

And Jehovah answered Job and said,

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“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

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Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

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Job’s Response to God

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

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And Job answered Jehovah and said,

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“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.

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Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

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Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

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Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

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God’s Challenge to Job

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

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And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

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“Now [a]prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

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

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“Would you indeed [b]annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

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Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

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Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.

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Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.

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Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

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Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:

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Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.

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Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:

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Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

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Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

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Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.

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Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

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“Look now at the [c]behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

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See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.

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Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and 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 tightly knit.

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He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

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His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.

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

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He is the first of the ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

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He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

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Surely the mountains yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

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For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.

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He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

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The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.

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Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

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Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

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Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

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Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

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Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?

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Job 40

Job 40