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Job.40.3-Job.42.17

Job.40.3-Job.42.17

Job.40.3

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

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Job answered:

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Then Job answered the LORD:

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Then Job answered the LORD and said:

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Then Job replied to the LORD,

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Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

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"I'm speechless, in awe--words fail me. I should never have opened my mouth!

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"I am unworthy-how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

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"Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.

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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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Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

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I've talked too much, way too much. I'm ready to shut up and listen." God's Second Set of Questions I Want Straight Answers

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I spoke once, but I have no answer- twice, but I will say no more."

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Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

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I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say."

Job.40.6

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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GOD addressed Job next from the eye of the storm, and this is what he said:

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Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

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Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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"I have some more questions for you, and I want straight answers.

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"Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

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"Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

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"Brace yourself, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.

Job.40.8

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Job.40.8

"Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint?

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"Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

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"Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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Are you going to discredit my justice and condemn me so you can say you are right?

Job.40.9

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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Do you have an arm like my arm? Can you shout in thunder the way I can?

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Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his?

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Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

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Are you as strong as God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job.40.10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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Go ahead, show your stuff. Let's see what you're made of, what you can do.

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Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

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Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.

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All right then, put on your robes of state, your majesty and splendor.

Job.40.11

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

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Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat.

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Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low,

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Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

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Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.

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Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks--make mincemeat of them!

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look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand.

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Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

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Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand.

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Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

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Dig a mass grave and dump them in it--faceless corpses in an unmarked grave.

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Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

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Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

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Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead.

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Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

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I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you--you can surely save yourself with no help from me!

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Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

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Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

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Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

Job.40.15

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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"Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow--

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"Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

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"Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.

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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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Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

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Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly.

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What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly!

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See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.

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See its powerful loins and the muscles of its belly.

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He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

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His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees.

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His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

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He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

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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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His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

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His skeleton is made of steel, every bone in his body hard as steel.

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His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.

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His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.

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Its bones are tubes of bronze. Its limbs are bars of iron.

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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Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb!

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He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

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He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

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It is a prime example of God's amazing handiwork. Only its Creator can threaten it.

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Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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The grass-covered hills serve him meals, while field mice frolic in his shadow.

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The hills bring him their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

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Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

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The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play.

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He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, cools himself in the reedy swamps,

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Under the lotus plants he lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

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He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.

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It lies down under the lotus plants, hidden by the reeds.

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The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

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Lazily cool in the leafy shadows as the breeze moves through the willows.

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The lotuses conceal him in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround him.

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The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.

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The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream.

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Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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And when the river rages he doesn't budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild.

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When the river rages, he is not alarmed; he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

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Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

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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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He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

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But you'd never want him for a pet--you'd never be able to housebreak him!

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Can anyone capture him by the eyes, or trap him and pierce his nose?

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Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

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No one can catch it off guard or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.

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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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"Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel?

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"Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

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"Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

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"Can you catch a crocodile with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?

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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor?

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Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

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Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

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Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike?

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Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

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Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?

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Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?

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Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?

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Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?

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Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?

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Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?

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Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?

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Will it agree to work for you? Can you make it be your slave for life?

Job.41.5

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?

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Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?

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Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?

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Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with?

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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

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Will you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price?

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Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?

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Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?

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Will merchants try to buy it? Will they sell it in their shops?

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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

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Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head?

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Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

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Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

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Will its hide be hurt by darts, or its head by a harpoon?

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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.

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If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!

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Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again!

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If you lay a hand on it, you will never forget the battle that follows, and you will never try it again!

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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in!

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Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.

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Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

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"No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be thrown down.

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None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

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If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?

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No one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me?

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No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

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And since no one dares to disturb the crocodile, who would dare to stand up to me?

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Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

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Who could confront me and get by with it? I'm in charge of all this--I run this universe!

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Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

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Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

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Who will confront me and remain safe? Everything under heaven is mine.

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I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

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"But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, his enormous bulk, his beautiful shape.

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"I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form.

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"I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

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"I want to emphasize the tremendous strength in the crocodile's limbs and throughout its enormous frame.

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Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

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Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin or putting those jaws into bit and bridle?

Job.41.13

Who can strip off his outer coat? Who would approach him with a bridle?

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Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

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Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?

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Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

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And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth filled with row upon row of fierce teeth?

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Who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth?

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Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

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Who could pry open its jaws? For its teeth are terrible!

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His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

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His pride is invincible; nothing can make a dent in that pride.

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His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;

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His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;

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The overlapping scales on its back make a shield.

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One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

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Nothing can get through that proud skin--impervious to weapons and weather,

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each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

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One is so near another That no air can come between them;

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They are close together so no air can get between them.

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They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

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The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!

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They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

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They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.

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They lock together so nothing can penetrate them.

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By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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"He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks.

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His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

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His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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"When it sneezes, it flashes light! Its eyes are like the red of dawn.

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Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

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Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch.

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Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

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Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.

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Fire and sparks leap from its mouth.

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Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

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Smoke erupts from his nostrils like steam from a boiling pot.

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Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

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Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

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Smoke streams from its nostrils like steam from a boiling pot on a fire of dry rushes.

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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

Job.41.21

He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream from his mouth.

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His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth.

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His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

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Yes, its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth.

Job.41.22

In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

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All muscle he is--sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death.

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Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him.

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Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.

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"The tremendous strength in its neck strikes terror wherever it goes.

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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

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Sinewy and lithe, there's not a soft spot in his entire body--

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The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

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The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

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Its flesh is hard and firm, not soft and fat.

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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

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As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable.

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His chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.

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His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.

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Its heart is as hard as rock, as hard as a millstone.

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When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

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Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence.

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When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing.

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When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.

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When it rises, the mighty are afraid, gripped by terror.

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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

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Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.

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The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

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Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

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No sword can stop it, nor spear nor dart nor pointed shaft.

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He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.

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Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.

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He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.

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To the crocodile, iron is nothing but straw, and bronze is rotten wood.

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The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

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Arrows don't even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops.

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Arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him.

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The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.

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Arrows cannot make it flee. Stones shot from a sling are as ineffective as straw.

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Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

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A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.

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A club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance.

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Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.

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Clubs do no good, and it laughs at the swish of the javelins.

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Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

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His belly is armor-plated, inexorable--unstoppable as a barge.

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His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

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His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

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Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. They tear up the ground as it drags through the mud.

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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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He roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter.

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He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

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He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

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"The crocodile makes the water boil with its commotion. It churns the depths.

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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

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With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard!

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Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.

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He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.

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The water glistens in its wake. One would think the sea had turned white.

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Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

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There's nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature!

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Nothing on earth is his equal- a creature without fear.

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On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.

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There is nothing else so fearless anywhere on earth.

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He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

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He surveys all the high and mighty--king of the ocean, king of the deep!" Job Worships God I Babbled On About Things Far Beyond Me

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He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud."

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He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride."

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Of all the creatures, it is the proudest. It is the king of beasts."

Job.42.1

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

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Job answered GOD:

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Then Job replied to the LORD:

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Then Job answered the LORD and said:

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Then Job replied to the LORD:

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I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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"I'm convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans.

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"I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.

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"I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

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"I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.

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Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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You asked, "Who is this muddying the water, ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?' I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, made small talk about wonders way over my head.

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You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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You asked, "Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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You ask, `Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?' It is I. And I was talking about things I did not understand, things far too wonderful for me.

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Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Job.42.4

You told me, "Listen, and let me do the talking. Let me ask the questions. You give the answers.'

Job.42.4

"You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.'

Job.42.4

Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'

Job.42.4

"You said, `Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.'

Job.42.5

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

Job.42.5

I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand--from my own eyes and ears!

Job.42.5

My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

Job.42.5

"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.

Job.42.5

"I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

Job.42.6

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job.42.6

I'm sorry--forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise! I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor."

Job.42.6

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Job.42.6

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

Job.42.6

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

Job.42.7

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job.42.7

After GOD had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz the Temanite and said, "I've had it with you and your two friends. I'm fed up! You haven't been honest either with me or about me--not the way my friend Job has.

Job.42.7

After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

Job.42.7

And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

Job.42.7

After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and with your two friends, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was.

Job.42.8

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

Job.42.8

So here's what you must do. Take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for talking nonsense about me, and for not being honest with me, as he has."

Job.42.8

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."

Job.42.8

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has."

Job.42.8

Now take seven young bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was."

Job.42.9

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

Job.42.9

They did it. Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what GOD commanded. And GOD accepted Job's prayer.

Job.42.9

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

Job.42.9

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job.

Job.42.9

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

Job.42.10

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job.42.10

After Job had interceded for his friends, GOD restored his fortune--and then doubled it!

Job.42.10

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Job.42.10

And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job.42.10

When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!

Job.42.11

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Job.42.11

All his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. They told him how sorry they were, and consoled him for all the trouble GOD had brought him. Each of them brought generous housewarming gifts.

Job.42.11

All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Job.42.11

Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

Job.42.11

Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.

Job.42.12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Job.42.12

GOD blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys.

Job.42.12

The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

Job.42.12

Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

Job.42.12

So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

Job.42.13

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Job.42.13

He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job.42.13

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job.42.13

He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job.42.13

He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.

Job.42.14

And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

Job.42.14

He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes.

Job.42.14

The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.

Job.42.14

And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.

Job.42.14

He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.

Job.42.15

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Job.42.15

There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.

Job.42.15

Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

Job.42.15

In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Job.42.15

In all the land there were no other women as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

Job.42.16

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

Job.42.16

Job lived on another hundred and forty years, living to see his children and grandchildren--four generations of them!

Job.42.16

After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Job.42.16

After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.

Job.42.16

Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.

Job.42.17

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job.42.17

Then he died--an old man, a full life.

Job.42.17

And so he died, old and full of years.

Job.42.17

So Job died, old and full of days.

Job.42.17

Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, good life.