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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The LORD answered Job: |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who argues with God give an answer. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then Job answered the LORD: |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? I place my hand over my mouth. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but now I can add nothing. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Get ready to answer Me like a man; When I question you, you will inform Me. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Would you really challenge My justice? Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself? |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His? |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Unleash your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Hide them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can deliver you. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Look at the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18His bones are bronze tubes; his limbs are like iron rods. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19He is the foremost of God's works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The hills yield food for him, while all sorts of wild animals play there. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He lies under the lotus plants, hiding in the protection of marshy reeds. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Can anyone capture him while he looks on, or pierce his nose with snares? |
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