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And the Lord God answered Job, and said,

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Па́ки же ѿвѣща́въ гдⷭ҇ь, речѐ ко і҆́ѡвꙋ и҆з̾ ѡ҆́блака:

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

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нѝ, но препоѧ́ши ꙗ҆́кѡ мꙋ́жъ чрє́сла твоѧ̑: вопрошꙋ́ же тѧ̀, ты́ же мѝ ѿвѣща́й.

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And Job answered and said to the Lord,

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Не ѿверга́й сꙋда̀ моегѡ̀: мни́ши ли мѧ̀ и҆на́кѡ тебѣ̀ сотво́рша, ра́звѣ да ꙗ҆ви́шисѧ правди́въ;

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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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Є҆да̀ мы́шца тѝ є҆́сть на гдⷭ҇а, и҆лѝ гла́сомъ на него̀ греми́ши;

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

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Прїими́ же высотꙋ̀ и҆ си́лꙋ, въ сла́вꙋ же и҆ въ че́сть ѡ҆блецы́сѧ:

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

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пꙋсти́ же а҆́гг҃лы гнѣ́вомъ и҆ всѧ́каго оу҆кори́телѧ смирѝ,

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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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велича́ва же оу҆гасѝ и҆ согно́й нечєсти́выѧ а҆́бїе:

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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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скры́й же въ зе́млю внѣ̀ вкꙋ́пѣ и҆ ли́ца и҆́хъ безче́стїѧ и҆спо́лни.

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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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И҆сповѣ́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ мо́жетъ десни́ца твоѧ̀ спастѝ.

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

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Но оу҆́бѡ сѐ, ѕвѣ́рїе оу҆ тебє̀, травꙋ̀ а҆́ки воло́ве ꙗ҆дѧ́тъ:

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

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сѐ оу҆́бѡ, крѣ́пость є҆гѡ̀ на чре́слѣхъ, си́ла же є҆гѡ̀ на пꙋ́пѣ чре́ва:

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

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поста́ви ѡ҆́шибъ ꙗ҆́кѡ кѷпарі́съ, жи̑лы же є҆гѡ̀ (ꙗ҆́кѡ оу҆́же) сплетє́ны сꙋ́ть,

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

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ре́бра є҆гѡ̀ ре́бра мѣ̑дѧна, хребе́тъ же є҆гѡ̀ желѣ́зо слїѧ́но.

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

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Сі́есть нача́ло созда́нїѧ гдⷭ҇нѧ: сотворе́нъ порꙋ́ганъ бы́тиа҆́гг҃лы є҆гѡ̀:

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

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возше́дъ же на го́рꙋ стреми́ннꙋю, сотворѝ ра́дость четверонѡ́гимъ въ та́ртарѣ:

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

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под̾ всѧ́кимъ дре́вомъ спи́тъ, при ро́гозѣ и҆ тро́стїи и҆ сїто́вїи:

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

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ѡ҆сѣнѧ́ютъ же над̾ ни́мъ древеса̀ вели̑ка съ лѣ́торасльми и҆ вѣ̑тви напѡ́льныѧ:

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

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а҆́ще бꙋ́детъ наводне́нїе, не ѡ҆щꙋти́тъ: оу҆пова́етъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ вни́детъ і҆ѻрда́нъ во оу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀:

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

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во ѻ҆́ко своѐ во́зметъ є҆го̀, ѡ҆жесточи́всѧ продира́витъ нѡ́здри.

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

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И҆звлече́ши ли ѕмі́а оу҆́дицею, и҆лѝ ѡ҆бложи́ши оу҆здꙋ̀ ѡ҆ ноздре́хъ є҆гѡ̀;

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

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и҆лѝ вдѣ́жеши колцѐ въ нѡ́здри є҆гѡ̀; ши́ломъ же проверти́ши ли оу҆стнѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀;

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

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возглаго́летъ же ли тѝ съ моле́нїемъ, (и҆лѝ) съ проше́нїемъ кро́ткѡ;

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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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сотвори́тъ же ли завѣ́тъ съ тобо́ю; по́ймеши же ли є҆го̀ раба̀ вѣ́чна;

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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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поигра́еши же ли съ ни́мъ, ꙗ҆́коже со пти́цею, и҆лѝ свѧ́жеши є҆го̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ вра́бїѧ дѣ́тищꙋ;

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

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пита́ютсѧ ли же и҆́мъ ꙗ҆зы́цы, и҆ раздѣлѧ́ютъ ли є҆го̀ фїнїкі́йстїи наро́ди;

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

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всѧ̑ же пла̑вающаѧ собра́вшесѧ не под̾и́мꙋтъ ко́жи є҆ди́ныѧ ѡ҆́шиба є҆гѡ̀, и҆ корабли̑ ры́барей главы̀ є҆гѡ̀.

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

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Возложи́ши же ли на́нь рꙋ́кꙋ, воспомѧнꙋ́въ бра́нь быва́ющꙋю на тѣ́лѣ є҆гѡ̀; и҆ ктомꙋ̀ да не бꙋ́детъ.

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

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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.