Chapter 40

  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 ùGod? 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 ùGod'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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