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40:1  Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,
40:2  Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this.
40:3  Then Job answered the LORD and said,
40:4  Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.
40:5  Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.
40:6  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
40:7  Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.
40:8  Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
40:9  Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
40:10  Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
40:11  Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
40:12  Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
40:13  Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness.
40:14  Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
40:15  Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.
40:16  Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
40:17  He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
40:18  His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron.
40:19  He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him.
40:20  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
40:21  He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.
40:22  The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
40:23  Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.
40:24  His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.