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Yahweh Challenges Job

38 Then[a] Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,

“Who is this darkening counsel
by words without knowledge?
Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man,[b]
and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 38:3 Literally “Gird up like a man your loins”

The Lord answers from a whirlwind

38 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

Who is this darkening counsel
    with words lacking knowledge?
Prepare yourself like a man;
    I will interrogate you, and you will respond to me.

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The Lord Speaks

38 Then the Lord spoke to Job(A) out of the storm.(B) He said:

“Who is this that obscures my plans(C)
    with words without knowledge?(D)
Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(E)

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