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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(Biblical_figure)" class="extiw" title="en:Job (Biblical figure)">Job</a> is seen refuting the idea of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/retributive_justice" class="extiw" title="en:retributive justice">en:retributive justice</a> endorsed by his friends. Job's misfortunates were indeed undeserved and he will later confront God in a second whirlwind (40:6 - 41:34). God tells Job it is not humans which are his most prized creation but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behemoth" class="extiw" title="en:Behemoth">en:Behemoth</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan" class="extiw" title="en:Leviathan">en:Leviathan</a>, or the <i>monsters of chaos</i>. Most scholars believe the particulars that follow correlate to the Crocodile and Whale.
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<dl><dd><i>He [crocodile] is the chief of God's works made to be tyrant over his fellow creatures (40:19)... He [whale] has no equal on earth, a creature utterly fearless. He looks down on all, even the highest: over all proud beasts he is king (41:33-34).</i></dd></dl></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gerard_Seghers" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gerard Seghers"><span title="Flemish painter (1591-1651)">Gerard Seghers</span></a>
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