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Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Job answered the LORD: <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Job answered the LORD and said:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare?</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href "//netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. //netbible.com. 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