Job:40

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* Moreover Yahweh answered Job , and said , * Will he who criticizes contend with the Almighty ? He who argues with God , let him answer it . * Then Job answered Yahweh , and said , * Look , I am of small account ; What shall I answer you ? I lay my hand on my mouth . * Once I have spoken , and I will not answer ; Yes , twice , but I will proceed no further . * Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind , and said , * Gird up your loins now like a [noble ] man : I will demand of you , and you declare to me . * Will you even annul my judgment ? Will you condemn me , that you may be justified ? * Or do you have an arm like God ? And can you thunder with a voice like him ? * Deck yourself now with excellency and dignity ; And array yourself with honor and majesty . * Pour forth the overflowings of your anger ; And look at everyone who is proud , and abase him . * Look at everyone who is proud , [and ] bring him low ; And tread down the wicked where they stand . * Hide them in the dust together ; Bind their faces in the hidden [place ]. * Then I will also confess of you That your own right hand can save you . * Now look at behemoth , which I made as well as you ; He eats grass as an ox . * See now , his strength is in his loins , And his force is in the muscles of his belly . * He moves his tail like a cedar : The sinews of his thighs are knit together . * His bones are [as ] tubes of bronze ; His limbs are like bars of iron . * He is the chief of the ways of God : [Only ] he who made him brings his sword near . * Surely the mountains bring him forth food , Where all the beasts of the field play . * He lies under the lotus-trees , In the covert of the reed , and the fen . * The lotus-trees cover him with their shade ; The willows of the brook circle him about . * Look , if a river overflows , he does not tremble ; He is confident , though a Jordan swells even to his mouth . * Will any take him before his eyes , Or pierce through his nose with a snare ?

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