Job 38:3

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Job 38:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

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Job 40:7

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Jeremiah 1:17

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Job 13:15

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Job 13:22

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Job 23:3

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Job 23:4

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Job 23:6

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Job 23:7

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Job 31:36

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Job 31:37

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