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Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><V 39:33>Then Job answered the Lord, saying:<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><V 39:34>What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><V 39:35>One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The LORD Challenges Job Again<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><V 40:1>But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><V 40:2>Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><V 40:3>Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><V 40:4>And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><V 40:5>Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><V 40:6>Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><V 40:7>Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><V 40:8>Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><V 40:9>Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><V 40:10>Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><V 40:11>His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><V 40:12>He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><V 40:13>His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><V 40:14>He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><V 40:15>The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><V 40:16>He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><V 40:17>The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><V 40:18>Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><V 40:19>He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>