“Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(A)

“Would you discredit my justice?(B)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(C)
Do you have an arm like God’s,(D)
    and can your voice(E) thunder like his?(F)

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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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“Now(A) [a]prepare yourself like a man;
(B)I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

“Would(C) you indeed [b]annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with (D)a voice like His?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:7 Lit. gird up your loins
  2. Job 40:8 nullify