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Job 40 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:3 - And Job said in answer to the Lord,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:5 - I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

God Questions Job

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:6 - Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:8 - Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:9 - Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 - Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12 - Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:13 - Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:14 - Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

God's Power Shown in Creatures

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15 - See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:18 - His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 - He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:20 - He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:22 - He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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