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Passage Lookup: Job 38,39,40
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Job 38:1
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Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind.(a) He said:
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Job 38:2
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Who is this who obscures My counsel with ignorant words?(b)
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Job 38:3
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Get ready to answer Me like a man; when I question(c) you, you will inform Me.
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Job 38:4
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Where were you when I established(d) the earth? Tell Me, if you have[a] understanding.
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Job 38:5
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Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
Job 38:6
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What supports its foundations? Or who laid its cornerstone
Job 38:7
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while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God(e) shouted for joy?
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Job 38:8
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Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb,
Job 38:9
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when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,[b](f)
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Job 38:10
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when I determined its boundaries[c] and put its bars and doors in place,
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Job 38:11
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when I declared: "You may come this far, but no farther; your proud waves stop here"?
Job 38:12
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Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
Job 38:13
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so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
Job 38:14
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The earth is changed as clay is by a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
Job 38:15
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Light[d] is withheld from the wicked, and the arm raised in violence is broken.
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Job 38:16
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Have you traveled to the sources of the sea or walked in the depths of the oceans?
Job 38:17
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Have the gates(g) of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
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Job 38:18
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Have you comprehended the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job 38:19
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Where is the road to the home of light? Do you know where darkness lives,
Job 38:20
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so you can lead it back to its border? Are you familiar with the paths to its home?
Job 38:21
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Don't you know? You were already born;(h) you have lived so long![e]
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Job 38:22
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Have you entered the place where the snow is stored? Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,(i)
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Job 38:23
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which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of warfare and battle?(j)
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Job 38:24
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What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?[f] Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?
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Job 38:25
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Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain or clears the way for lightning,
Job 38:26
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to bring rain on an uninhabited land, on a desert with no human life,[g]
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Job 38:27
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to satisfy the parched wasteland and cause the grass to sprout?(k)
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Job 38:28
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Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the drops of dew?(l)
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Job 38:29
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Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
Job 38:30
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when water becomes as hard as stone,[h] and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?(m)
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Job 38:31
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Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Job 38:32
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Can you bring out the constellations[i] in their season and lead the Bear[j] and her cubs?(n)
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Job 38:33
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Do you know the laws(o) of heaven? Can you impose its[k] authority on earth?
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Job 38:34
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Can you command[l] the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?(p)
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Job 38:35
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Can you send out lightning(q) bolts, and they go? Do they report to you: "Here we are"?
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Job 38:36
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Who put wisdom(r) in the heart[m] or gave the mind understanding?
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Job 38:37
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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Job 38:38
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when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together?
Job 38:39
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Can you hunt prey for a lioness or satisfy the appetite of young lions(s)
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Job 38:40
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when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait within their lairs?
Job 38:41
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Who provides the raven's food(t) when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
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Job 39:1
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Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the deer in labor?
Job 39:2
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Can you count the months they are pregnant[a] so you can know the time they give birth?
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Job 39:3
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They crouch down to give birth to their young; they deliver their newborn.[b]
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Job 39:4
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Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field. They leave and do not return.[c]
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Job 39:5
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Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
Job 39:6
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I made the wilderness(a) its home, and the salty(b) wasteland its dwelling.
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Job 39:7
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It scoffs at the noise of the village and never hears the shouts of a driver.(c)
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Job 39:8
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It roams the mountains for its pastureland, searching for anything green.
Job 39:9
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Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
Job 39:10
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Can you hold the wild ox(d) to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you?
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Job 39:11
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Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?
Job 39:12
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Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
Job 39:13
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The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork's?[d](e)
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Job 39:14
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She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand.
Job 39:15
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She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them.
Job 39:16
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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
Job 39:17
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For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.(f)
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Job 39:18
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When she proudly[e] spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
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Job 39:19
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Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[f]
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Job 39:20
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Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror.
Job 39:21
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He paws[g] in the valley and rejoices in his strength; He charges into battle.[h]
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Job 39:22
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He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword.
Job 39:23
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A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a lance.[i]
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Job 39:24
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He charges ahead[j] with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the trumpet's sound.
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Job 39:25
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When the trumpet blasts, he snorts defiantly.[k] He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry.
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Job 39:26
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Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread its wings to the south?
Job 39:27
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Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest(g) on high?
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Job 39:28
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It lives on a cliff where it spends the night; its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
Job 39:29
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From there it searches for prey;(h) its eyes penetrate the distance.
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Job 39:30
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Its brood gulps down blood, and where the slain are, it is there.(i)
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Job 40:1
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The Lord answered Job:
Job 40:2
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Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who argues with God give an answer.[a]
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Job 40:3
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Then Job answered the Lord :
Job 40:4
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I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?(a) I place my hand over my mouth.
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Job 40:5
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I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but now I can add nothing.(b)
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Job 40:6
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Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:(c)
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Job 40:7
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Get ready to answer Me like a man; When I question(d) you, you will inform Me.
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Job 40:8
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Would you really challenge My justice? Would you declare Me guilty(e) to justify yourself?(f)
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Job 40:9
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Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Job 40:10
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Adorn yourself with majesty(g) and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
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Job 40:11
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Unleash your raging anger;(h) look on every proud person and humiliate him.(i)
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Job 40:12
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Look on every proud person and humble him;(j) trample the wicked where they stand.[b]
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Job 40:13
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Hide them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.[c]
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Job 40:14
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Then I will confess to you that your own right hand(k) can deliver you.(l)
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Job 40:15
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Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.
Job 40:16
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Look at the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17
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He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
Job 40:18
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His bones are bronze tubes; his limbs are like iron rods.
Job 40:19
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He is the foremost of God's works;(m) only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
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Job 40:20
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The hills yield food for him, while all sorts of wild animals play there.
Job 40:21
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He lies under the lotus plants, hiding in the protection[d] of marshy reeds.
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Job 40:22
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Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him.
Job 40:23
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Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
Job 40:24
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Can anyone capture him while he looks on,[e] or pierce his nose with snares?
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