[1]Moreover ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ answered Job, and said: [2]Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. [3]Then Job answered ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, 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, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. [6]Then ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ 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 make void 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 majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty. [11]Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; 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 in their place. [13]Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place. [14]Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. [15]Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. [16]Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body. [17]He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. [18]His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron. [19]He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him. [20]Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there. [21]He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. [22]The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. [23]Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth. [24]Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare? [25]Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? [26]Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook? [27]Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee? [28]Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? [29]Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? [30]Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants? [31]Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? [32]Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
 
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