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- Moreover Yahweh 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 Yahweh,
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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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- I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
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- Then Yahweh 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 brass. 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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