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Chapter 40
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Then the LORD said to Job,
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"Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?
You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?"Job Responds to the LORD
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Then Job replied to the LORD,
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"I am nothing--how could I ever find the answers?
I will cover my mouth with my hand.
- I have said too much already.
I have nothing more to say."The LORD Challenges Job Again
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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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"Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.
- "Will you discredit my justice
and condemn me just to prove you are right?
- Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
- All right, put on your glory and splendor,
your honor and majesty.
- Give vent to your anger.
Let it overflow against the proud.
- Humiliate the proud with a glance;
walk on the wicked where they stand.
- Bury them in the dust.
Imprison them in the world of the dead.
- Then even I would praise you,
for your own strength would save you.
- "Take a look at Behemoth,
which I made, just as I made you.
It eats grass like an ox.
- See its powerful loins
and the muscles of its belly.
- Its tail is as strong as a cedar.
The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.
- Its bones are tubes of bronze.
Its limbs are bars of iron.
- It is a prime example of God's handiwork,
and only its Creator can threaten it.
- The mountains offer it their best food,
where all the wild animals play.
- It lies under the lotus plants,
hidden by the reeds in the marsh.
- The lotus plants give it shade
among the willows beside the stream.
- It is not disturbed by the raging river,
not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.
- No one can catch it off guard
or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.