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| Job 40: (ASV) |
| 1) Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said, |
| 2) Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. |
| 3) Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, |
| 4) Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. |
| 5) Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. |
| 6) Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, |
| 7) Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. |
| 8) Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? |
| 9) Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? |
| 10) Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. |
| 11) Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. |
| 12) Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. |
| 13) Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place. |
| 14) Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee. |
| 15) Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox. |
| 16) Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly. |
| 17) He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. |
| 18) His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron. |
| 19) He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword. |
| 20) Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play. |
| 21) He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. |
| 22) The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about. |
| 23) Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth. |
| 24) Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? |