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Job 39

## The Book of Job

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| # Chapter 40
#### 1 | Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
#### 2 | Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
#### 3 | Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
#### 4 | Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
#### 5 | Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
#### 6 | Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
#### 7 | Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
#### 8 | Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
#### 9 | Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
#### 10 | Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
#### 11 | Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
#### 12 | Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
#### 13 | Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
#### 14 | Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
#### 15 | Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
#### 16 | Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
#### 17 | He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
#### 18 | His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
#### 19 | He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
#### 20 | Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
#### 21 | He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
#### 22 | The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
#### 23 | Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
#### 24 | Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Job 41

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