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Rh :Her eyes behold it afar off.
 * Her young ones also suck up blood;
 * And where the slain are, there is she.

Moreover the answered Job, and said:


 * Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty?
 * He that argueth with God, let him answer it.


 * Then Job answered the, and said:
 * Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee?
 * I lay my hand upon my mouth.
 * Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again;
 * Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.


 * Then the answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
 * Gird up thy loins now like a man;
 * I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
 * Wilt thou even make void My judgment?
 * Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
 * Or hast thou an arm like God?
 * And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?
 * Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency,
 * And array thyself with glory and beauty.
 * Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath;
 * And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
 * Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;
 * And tread down the wicked in their place.
 * Hide them in the dust together;
 * Bind their faces in the hidden place.
 * Then will I also confess unto thee
 * That thine own right hand can save thee.


 * Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee;
 * He eateth grass as an ox.
 * Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
 * And his force is in the stays of his body.
 * He straineth his tail like a cedar;
 * The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
 * His bones are as pipes of brass;
 * His gristles are like bars of iron.
 * He is the beginning of the ways of God;
 * He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.
 * Surely the mountains bring him forth food,
 * And all the beasts of the field play there.
 * He lieth under the lotus-trees,
 * In the covert of the reed, and fens.
 * The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow;
 * The willows of the brook compass him about.
 * Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not;
 * He is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
 * Shall any take him by his eyes,
 * Or pierce through his nose with a snare?


 * Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook?
 * Or press down his tongue with a cord?
 * Canst thou put a ring into his nose?
 * Or bore his jaw through with a hook?
 * Will he make many supplications unto thee?