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Attack on Job’s Character
One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
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While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.”
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Attack on Job’s Health
One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.
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who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the Sea;
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It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.
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God puts no trust even in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his sight;
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Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
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Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,
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The heavens will reveal their iniquity, and the earth will rise up against them.
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“Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the dome of heaven.’
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“Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high heaven.
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The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke.
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By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
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For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
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Look at the heavens and see; observe the clouds, which are higher than you.
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Under the whole heaven he lets it loose, and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
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when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
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From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?
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Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
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Who can confront it and be safe? —under the whole heaven, who?
