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| 1 And Yahweh responded to Job, and said:– |
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| 2 Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it! |
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| 3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said:– |
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| 4 Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth: |
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| 5 Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add. |
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| 6 So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said:– |
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| 7 Gird, I pray thee–as a strong man–thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me. |
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| 8 Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right? |
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| 9 But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder, |
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| 10 Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself; |
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| 11 Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low; |
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| 12 Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot: |
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| 13 Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness; |
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| 14 And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation. |
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| 15 Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass–like the ox, he eateth; |
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| 16 Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly; |
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| 17 He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together; |
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| 18 His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron: |
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| 19 He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword: |
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| 20 Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play; |
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| 21 Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp; |
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| 22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about; |
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| 23 Lo! the river becometh insolent–he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth: |
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| 24 Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose? |
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