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1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: |
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2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed The reprover of God, let him answer it. |
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3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: |
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4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee My hand I have placed on my mouth. |
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5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not. |
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6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: |
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7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. |
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8 Dost thou also make void My judgment Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous |
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9 And an arm like God hast thou And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder |
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10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on. |
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11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low. |
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12 See every proud one humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place. |
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13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret. |
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14 And even I I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee. |
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15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth. |
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16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly. |
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17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together, |
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18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron. |
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19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword; |
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20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there. |
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21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire. |
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22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook. |
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23 Lo, a flood oppresseth he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth. |
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24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose |
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