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- And Jehovah answered Job and said,
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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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- And Job answered Jehovah and said,
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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 have I spoken, and I will not answer;
yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
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- And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
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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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- Wilt thou also annul my judgment?
wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
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- Hast thou an arm like God?
or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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- Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
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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 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 secret.
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- Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
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- See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
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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 bendeth his tail like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
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- His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
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- He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
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- For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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- He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
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- Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade;
the willows of the brook surround him.
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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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- Shall he be taken in front?
will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
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