Job 40
40
1Moreover the Lord #Job 38:1answered Job, and said:
2“Shall #Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who #Job 13:3; 23:4rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job’s Response to God
3Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4“Behold,#Ezra 9:6; Job 42:6 I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
#Job 29:9; Ps. 39:9I lay my hand over my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
God’s Challenge to Job
6#Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
7“Now#Job 38:3 prepare yourself like a man;
#Job 42:4I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
8“Would#Job 16:11; 19:6; (Ps. 51:4; Rom. 3:4) you indeed annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with #Job 37:4; (Ps. 29:3, 4)a voice like His?
10#Ps. 93:1; 104:1Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12Look on everyone who is #1 Sam. 2:7; (Is. 2:12; 13:11); Dan. 4:37proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15“Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
19He is the first of the #Job 26:14ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20Surely the mountains #Ps. 104:14yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
23Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
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Iyoḇ (Job) 40
40
1And יהוה answered Iyoḇ, and said,
2“Should a reprover contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves Eloah answer it.”
3And Iyoḇ answered יהוה and said,
4“See, I am insignificant, what would I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, but I have no answer – and twice, but I say no more.”
6Then יהוה answered Iyoḇ out of the whirlwind, and said,
7“Now gird up your loins like a man; I ask you, and you answer Me.
8Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
9Or do you have an arm like Ěl? Or do you thunder with a voice like His?
10Deck yourself, please, with excellency and grandeur, and put on esteem and splendour.
11Scatter abroad the rage of your wrath, and look on everyone who is proud and bring him low.
12Look on everyone who is proud, humble him. And tread down the wrong-doers in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together, bind their faces in obscurity.
14Then even I would confess to you that your own right hand does save you.
15See now, Behĕmoth, which I made along with you – he eats grass like an ox.
16See now, his strength is in his loins, and his power is in his stomach muscles.
17He bends his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze, his ribs like bars of iron.
19He is the beginning of the ways of Ěl. His Maker brings near His sword.
20For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21He lies under the slender trees, under cover of reed and swamp.
22The slender trees cover him with their shade; the willows by the stream surround him.
23See, if a river rages, he is not alarmed; he feels safe, even if the Yardĕn gushes into his mouth,
24Before his eyes, shall he be caught, with snares? Or his nose pierced?
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