Verse 12
Job 40:12
Bible in Basic English
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Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְאֵ֣ה כָל גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑/הוּ וַ/הֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽ/ם
English Translation
See all the proud; he will bring them low, and the unrighteous will be brought down.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
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Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forwar...
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And Job said in answer to the Lord,
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Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
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I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
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Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
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Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the...
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Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that yo...
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Have you an arm like God (Elohim)? have you a voice of thunder like his?
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Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
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Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
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Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
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Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underwo...
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Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
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See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
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His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
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His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
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His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
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He is the chief of the ways of God (Elohim), made by him for his pleasure.
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He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
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He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants...
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He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
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Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even...
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Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
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