Ezekiel 8:2
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2 I looked up and there was a figure that looked like a man.[a] Downward from what looked like his waist, there was fire; from his waist upward, like the brilliance of polished bronze.(A)
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Job 38:1
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VIII. The Lord and Job Meet
Chapter 38
1 Then the Lord[a] answered Job out of the storm and said:
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- 38:1 Now the Lord enters the debate and addresses two discourses (chaps. 38–39 and 40–41) to Job, speaking of divine wisdom and power. Such things are altogether beyond the capacity of Job. Out of the storm: frequently the background of the appearances of the Lord in the Old Testament; cf. Ps 18; 50; Na 1:3; Hb 3:2–15.
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