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1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:

1The LORD said to Job:

2“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

2"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!"

3Then Job answered the LORD and said:

3Then Job answered the LORD:

4“Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.

4"I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

5I spoke once, but I have no answer-- twice, but I will say no more."

6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

6Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

7“Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

7"Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

8"Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

9Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his?

10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.

10Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

11Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

12Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

12look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.

13Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

13Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

14Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

14Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

15“Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.

15"Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.

16What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!

17He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

17Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

18His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.

18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

19He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

19It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

20Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

20The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

21He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.

21Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.

22The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

23Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

23A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

24Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

24Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?

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