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Job 40:6
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
from The LORD Challenges Job Again, Job 40:6-24
What it says

Then the LORD answers Job again out of the whirlwind.

What it is doing

This verse resumes divine speech after Job's brief reply.

In context

6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 7“Now brace yourself like a man; 8Would you really annul My justice? 9Do you have an arm like God’s? 10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, 11Unleash the fury of your wrath; 12Look on every proud man and humble him; 13Bury them together in the dust; 14Then I will confess to you 15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. 16See the strength of his loins 17His tail sways like a cedar; 18His bones are tubes of bronze; 19He is the foremost of God’s works; 20The hills yield him their produce, 21He lies under the lotus plants, 22The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; 23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; 24Can anyone capture him as he looks on,