The Book of Job

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verso 1

Moreover Yahweh answered Job,


verso 2

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”


verso 3

Then Job answered Yahweh,


verso 4

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.


verso 5

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”


verso 6

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:


verso 7

“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.


verso 8

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?


verso 9

Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?


verso 10

“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.


verso 11

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.


verso 12

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.


verso 13

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.


verso 14

Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.


verso 15

“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.


verso 16

Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.


verso 17

He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.


verso 18

His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.


verso 19

He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.


verso 20

Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.


verso 21

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.


verso 22

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.


verso 23

Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.


verso 24

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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