God Questions Job

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Continuing to address Iyov, ADONAI said:

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"Does the critic still want to dispute Shaddai? Let him who wants to correct God give an answer!"

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Then Iyov replied to ADONAI:

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"I am too ashamed; I have nothing to say. I lay my hand over my mouth.

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Yes, I spoke once, but I won't answer more; all right, twice, but I won't go on."

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ADONAI answered Iyov out of the storm:

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"Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

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"Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?

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Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

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Come on, deck yourself with majesty and dignity, robe yourself in glory and splendor.

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Let loose your furious anger, look at all who are proud, and humble them.

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Look at all who are proud, and bring them down; tread down the wicked where they stand.

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Bury them in the ground together, bind their faces in the hidden world.

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If you do this, then I will confess to you that your own power can save you.