Book - Job - Chapter = 40 --> NLT
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Then the LORD said to Job,
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"Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?"
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Then Job replied to the LORD,
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"I am nothing--how could I ever find the answers? I will put my hand over my mouth in silence.
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I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say."
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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
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"Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
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Are you going to discredit my justice and condemn me so you can say you are right?
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Are you as strong as God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
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All right then, put on your robes of state, your majesty and splendor.
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Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.
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Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand.
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Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead.
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Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.
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"Take a look at the mighty hippopotamus. I made it, just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.
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See its powerful loins and the muscles of its belly.
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Its tail is as straight as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are tightly knit together.
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Its bones are tubes of bronze. Its limbs are bars of iron.
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It is a prime example of God's amazing handiwork. Only its Creator can threaten it.
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The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play.
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It lies down under the lotus plants, hidden by the reeds.
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The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream.
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It is not disturbed by raging rivers, not even when the swelling Jordan rushes down upon it.
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No one can catch it off guard or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.