19 (A)Behold, (B)like a lion coming up from (C)the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[a] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. (D)For who is like me? (E)Who will summon me? (F)What shepherd can stand before me?

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  1. Jeremiah 49:19 Septuagint, Syriac them

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
    how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
    what will you do in (A)the thicket of the Jordan?

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21 (A)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
    (B)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
(C)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
    (D)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.

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44 (A)“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd (B)can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear (C)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, (D)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: (E)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 46 (F)At the sound of the capture of Babylon the earth shall tremble, and her cry shall be heard among the nations.”

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10 No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?

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19 If it is a contest of (A)strength, behold, he is mighty!
    If it is a matter of justice, who can (B)summon him?[a]

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  1. Job 9:19 Or who can grant me a hearing?

15 and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and (A)the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now (B)the Jordan overflows all its banks (C)throughout the time of harvest),

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11 (A)“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in (B)glorious deeds, (C)doing wonders?

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The sound of (A)the wail of (B)the shepherds,
    for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of (C)the lions,
    (D)for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

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(A)Who can stand before his indignation?
    Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath (B)is poured out like fire,
    and (C)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.

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(A)A lion has gone up from his thicket,
    a destroyer of nations has set out;
    he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
    your cities will be ruins
    (B)without inhabitant.

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25 (A)To whom then will you compare me,
    that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

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(A)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous (B)before you.

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(A)Who is like the Lord our God,
    who is seated on high,
who (B)looks far down
    on the heavens and the earth?

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O Lord God of hosts,
    (A)who is mighty as you are, O (B)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?

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For (A)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    (B)Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the Lord,

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  1. Psalm 89:6 Hebrew the sons of God, or the sons of might

(A)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can (B)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?

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(A)‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things (B)too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
‘Hear, and I will speak;
    (C)I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;

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“Shall a faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?
    He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Job Promises Silence

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

“Behold, I am (B)of small account; what shall I answer you?
    (C)I lay my hand on my mouth.
I have spoken (D)once, and I will not answer;
    (E)twice, but I will proceed no further.”

The Lord Challenges Job

Then the Lord (F)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

(G)“Dress for action[a] like a man;
    (H)I will question you, and you make it known to me.
Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that (I)you may be in the right?

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  1. Job 40:7 Hebrew Gird up your loins

Oh, (A)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his (B)seat!
I would (C)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
Would he (D)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

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21 I am (A)blameless; I regard not myself;
    I (B)loathe my life.

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15 These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was (A)overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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