| Chapter 40 |
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And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said : --
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Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. --
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Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified? --
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And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --
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Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments. --
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Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. --
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Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place. --
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Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. --
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Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. --
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Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox. --
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His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. --
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He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. --
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His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. --
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He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword. --
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To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play. --
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He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. --
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The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about. --
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Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. --
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In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. --
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Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? --
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Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle? --
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Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? --
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Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever? --
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Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids? --
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Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? --
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Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head? --
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Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more. --
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Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. --
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