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Job 39

The Book of Job

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Chapter 40

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  Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,  

 

 


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  Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.  

 

 


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  Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,  

 

 


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  Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I 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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  Then Jehovah 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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  Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?  

 

 


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  Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?  

 

 


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  Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.  

 

 


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  Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that 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 where they stand.  

 

 


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  Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].  

 

 


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  Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.  

 

 


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  Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.  

 

 


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  Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.  

 

 


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  He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.  

 

 


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  His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.  

 

 


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  He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.  

 

 


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  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.  

 

 


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  He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.  

 

 


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  The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.  

 

 


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  Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell 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?  

 

 


Job 41

 

 

 

 

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