Job 40 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Job: What Can I Say?

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Job 40:1And the LORD said to Job:

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Job 40:2"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

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Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD:

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Job 40:4"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.

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Job 40:5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."

God Questions Job

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Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

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Job 40:7"Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.

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Job 40:8Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

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Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

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Job 40:10"Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

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Job 40:11Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him.

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Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.

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Job 40:13Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.

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Job 40:14Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.

God's Power Shown in Creatures

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Job 40:15"Behold, Be'hemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

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Job 40:16Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.

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Job 40:17He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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Job 40:18His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

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Job 40:19"He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!

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Job 40:20For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.

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Job 40:21Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.

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Job 40:22For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.

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Job 40:23Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

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Job 40:24Can one take him with hooks, or pierce his nose with a snare?

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