Verse 3
Job 40:3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֖עַן אִיּ֥וֹב אֶת יְהוָ֗ה וַ/יֹּאמַֽר
English Translation
And Job answered the Lord and said.
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Chapter 40 Context
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And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :
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Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
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Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
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And hast thou an arm like God (Elohim), and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
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Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
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Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.
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Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
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Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
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Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
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His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
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He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
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His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
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He is the beginning of the ways of God (Elohim), who made him, he will apply his sword.
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To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play.
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He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
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The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
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Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his...
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In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
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Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
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Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
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Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
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Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
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Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
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Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
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Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
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Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more.
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Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
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