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Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Bowendien het die HERE Job geantwoord, en gesê,
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Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Sal hy wat met die Almagtige twis, Hom onderrig? hy wat God bestraf, laat hom antwoord.
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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Toe het Job die HERE geantwoord, en gesê,
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Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Kyk, ek is veragtelik; wat sal ek U antwoord? ek sal my hand op my mond lê.
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Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Een maal het ek gespreek; maar ek sal nie antwoord nie: ja, twee maal; maar ek sal nie voortgaan nie.
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Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Toe het die HERE Job uit die stormwind geantwoord, en gesê,
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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Gord nou jou lendene soos ‚'n man: ek sal van jou eis, en verklaar jy My.
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Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Sal jy ook my oordeel vernietig? sal jy My veroordeel, dat jy regverdig mag wees?
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Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Het jy ‚'n arm soos God? of kan jy met ‚'n stem soos Hy donder?
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Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Beklee jou nou met majesteit en uitnemendheid; en beklee jou met heerlikheid en skoonheid.
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Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.
Stort die grimmigheid van jou toorn uit: en aanskou elkeen wat trots is, en verneder hom.
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Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Kyk op elkeen wat trots is, en bring hom laag: en vertrap die goddelose in hulle plek.
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Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.
Verberg hulle in die stof saam; en bind hulle aangesigte in die geheim.
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Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Dan sal ek ook aan jou bely dat jou eie regterhand jou kan red.
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Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Kyk nou op die Behemot, wat Ek saam met jou gemaak het; hy eet gras soos ‚'n os.
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Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
Kyk nou, sy krag is in sy lendene, en sy mag is in die naeltjie van sy buik.
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He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Hy beweeg sy stert soos ‚'n seder: die seninge van sy stene is saamgeweef.
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His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
Sy bene is soos sterk stukke koper; sy gebeente is soos ysterstange.
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He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
Hy is die hoof van die weë van God: hy wat hom gemaak het, kan sy swaard naby bring.
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Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Sekerlik bring die berge vir hom voedsel voort, waar al die diere van die veld speel.
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He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Hy lê onder die skaduagtige bome, in die skuilplek van die riet, en modder.
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The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Die skaduagtige bome bedek hom met hulle skaduwee; die wilgerbome van die spruit omsingel hom.
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Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Kyk, hy drink ‚'n rivier op, en is nie haastig nie: hy vertrou dat hy die Jordaan in sy mond kan trek.
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He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
Hy neem dit met sy oë: sy neus deurboor deur strikke.