Job 38:1
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Job 38:3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Job 38:5
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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Job 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
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Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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Job 38:10
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
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Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Job 38:12
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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Job 38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
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Job 38:14
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
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Job 38:16
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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Job 38:18
Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
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Job 38:19
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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Job 38:20
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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Job 38:21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
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Job 38:22
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
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Job 38:23
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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Job 38:24
By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
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Job 38:25
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
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Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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Job 38:28
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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Job 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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Job 38:30
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Job 38:31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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Job 38:32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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Job 38:33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Job 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
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Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
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Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Job 38:38
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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Job 38:39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
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Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
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Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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Job 39:2
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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Job 39:3
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
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Job 39:4
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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Job 39:7
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
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Job 39:8
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
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Job 39:9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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Job 39:10
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
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Job 39:12
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
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Job 39:13
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Job 39:14
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
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Job 39:15
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her’s: her labour is in vain without fear;
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Job 39:17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
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Job 39:18
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Job 39:19
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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Job 39:20
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
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Job 39:21
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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Job 39:22
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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Job 39:23
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
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Job 39:24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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Job 39:25
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
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Job 39:26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
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Job 39:27
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
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Job 39:28
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
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Job 39:29
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
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Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
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Job 40:1
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
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Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Job 40:3
Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
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Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Job 40:5
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
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Job 40:6
Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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Job 40:10
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
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Job 40:11
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
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Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
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Job 40:14
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
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Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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Job 40:16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
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Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
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Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
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Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
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Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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Job 40:21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
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Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
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Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
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Job 40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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Job 41:2
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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Job 41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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Job 41:5
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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Job 41:6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
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Job 41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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Job 41:8
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
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Job 41:9
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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Job 41:10
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
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Job 41:11
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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Job 41:12
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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Job 41:13
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
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Job 41:14
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
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Job 41:15
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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Job 41:16
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
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Job 41:17
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
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Job 41:18
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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Job 41:19
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
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Job 41:20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
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Job 41:21
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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Job 41:22
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
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Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
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Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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Job 41:25
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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Job 41:26
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
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Job 41:27
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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Job 41:28
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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Job 41:29
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
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Job 41:30
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
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Job 41:31
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
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Job 41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
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Job 41:33
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
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Job 41:34
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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