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And the Lord God answered Job, and said,

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Па'ки эTвњща г~ь и^ рече къ і%ѓвђ эT ѓ%блака.

²

Will any one pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.

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н^и, н^о препояши ја%ко мђж'ъ чре'сла своя, въпрошю же т^я ты же м^и эTвњща'и”

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And Job answered and said to the Lord,

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Не эTверзи сђда мое^го, ниже мни и^на'кот^и сътвори'ша мене, и^ли да ја^ви'шися правдиv”

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Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

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И$ли мы'шца т^и е^сть на г~а, и^ли гла'соM ја%коже ѓ%нъ грими'ши.

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I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.

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прїими же высотђ и^ си'лђ, въ сла'вђ же и^ въ че'сть ѓ^блеци'ся”

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And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying,

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Пђсти же а^гг~лы гнњвоM, и^ вся'кого же ё^ко'рника смири`.

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Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

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и^ велича'ва же ё^гаси, съгно'и же нечsти'выя” А$бїе

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Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?

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съкры'и же вᲆ земли` внњ въкђпњ. личеса иX беZче'стїа и^споlни, съкры'и же вᲆ земли` вн^њ,

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Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?

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и^сповњмъ ё^бо ја%ко мо'жеT десни'ца твоя` спsти”

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Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.

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Но ё^бо с^е е^сть ѕвњрь ё^ тебе, травђ же а^ки воло'ве ја%сть”

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And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.

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Се ё^бо е^сть крњпость е^го на чре'сла е^го, си'ла же е^го на пђпњ чре'ва е^го”

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Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.

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Поста'ви б^о ѓ%шибъ ја%ко кипари'съ, жи'лы же е^го ја%ко ё%же съплете'ны сђть”

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And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.

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Ре'бра же е^го ре'бра мњдяна, хребе'тъ же е^го желњ'зо лья'но” Є$же

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Then will I confess that thy right hand can save thee.

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е^сть нача'тоk зда'нїя гн~я, сътворенъ порђга'нъ бы'ти а^гг~лы е^го”

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But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.

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ВъшеD же на' горђ ѓ%стрђ сътвори ра'дость четвероно'гоM въ тарта'ре”

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Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁶

ПоD вся'комъ дре'вомъ спи'тъ, при рого'зњ и^ тро'стїю и^ зе'лїю ѓ^горсти'вши”

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He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.

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ѓ^сњня'ет# же е^го дре'во вели'ко сᲆ лњтора'сльми, и^ вњя ве'рбїя”

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His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is as cast iron.

¹⁸

А$ще бђдетъ пово'нь не ѓ^щђти'тъ, ё^пова'етъ ја%ко прирази'тся і^ѓ^рда'нъ въ ё^ста е^го.

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This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.

¹⁹

преD ѓ^чи'ма е^го прїиметъ и&, жесто'къ быва'я, прободе'тъ но'здри е^го”

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And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.

²⁰

Извлече'ши ли ѕмїя ё%дицею, и^ли ѓ^бложи'ши ѓ^гла'въ ѓ^ но'здрњхъ е^го,

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He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.

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и^ли вдеже'ши кольце в но'здри е^го, ши'лом# же проверти'ши ли ё^стнђ е^го”

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And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field.

²²

Възгл~етъ же ли т^и млsтивыи, и^ли стреже'шъ кро'т#кїи”

²³

If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.

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СътвориT же ли ꙁавњтъ с тобо'ю, по'имеши же ли е^го раба` вњ'чна”

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Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.

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Поигра'еши же ли с ни'мъ ја%коже съ пти'цею, и^ли свя'жеши и& ја%ко пти'цђ на' поли”

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But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?

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Пита'ют# ли же ся ѓ^ не'мъ стра'ны, раꙁдњля'ет# же и^ ја^ꙁы'цы фини'ки”

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Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?

²⁶

Все же плава'ющее сни'дется, принесеT же е^ді'ною%ꙁно ѓ%шибъ е^го, и^ въ кораблеX рыбари е^го”

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Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

²⁷

Въꙁложи'ши же на'нь рђ'кђ. поне вра'чба е^го на тњ'лњ е^го, и^ ктомђ не бђ'ди”

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And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

²⁹

And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

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And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phœnicians share him?

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And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither shall they carry his head in fishing-vessels.

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But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him once, remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.