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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Job 40
40
Job: What Can I Say?
1Then the Lord said to Job,
2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who disputes with God answer it.”
3Then Job replied to the Lord and said,
4“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
5I have spoken once, but I will not reply again—
Indeed, twice [I have answered], and I will add nothing further.”
God Questions Job
6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying,
7“Now #See note 38:3.gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
8Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
9Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],
And array yourself with honor and majesty.
11Pour out the overflowings of your wrath,
And look at everyone who is proud and make him low.
12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.
13[Crush and] hide them in the dust together;
Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death].
14[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge
That your own right hand can save you.
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
15“Behold now, #Or the hippopotamus. Although Behemoth cannot be identified with certainty, the biblical description seems most like the hippopotamus. In ancient times it may have been even more formidable than today. In Job’s day the hippopotamus was the largest known creature, was commonly found in the lower Nile River, and may also have existed in the Jordan.Behemoth, which I created as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16See now, his strength is in his loins
And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.
17He sways his tail like a cedar;
The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].
18His bones are tubes of bronze;
His #Lit bones.limbs are like bars of iron.
19“He is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God;
[Only] He who made him can bring near His sword [to master him].
20Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the wild animals play there.
21He lies down under the lotus plants,
In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.
22The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
23If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;
He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.
24Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
Or pierce his nose with barbs [to trap him]?
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