Job 40
40
1The Lord said to Job:
2“Will the person who argues with God All-Powerful correct him?
Let the person who accuses God answer him!”
3Then Job answered the Lord:
4“I am not worthy. I cannot answer you anything.
I will put my hand over my mouth.
5I spoke one time, but I will not answer again.
I even spoke two times, but I will say nothing more.”
6Then the Lord spoke to Job from the storm:
7“Be strong, like a man.
I will ask you questions.
And you must answer me.
8Would you say that I am unfair?
Would you blame me to make yourself look right?
9Are you as strong as God?
And can your voice thunder like his?
10If so, then decorate yourself with glory and beauty.
And put on honor and greatness as if they were clothing.
11Let your great anger punish.
Look at everyone who is proud and make him feel unimportant.
12Look at everyone who is proud and bring him under your control.
Crush the wicked wherever they are.
13Bury them all in the dirt together.
Cover their faces in the grave.
14If you can do that, then I myself will praise you
because you are strong enough to save yourself.
15“Look at Behemoth.# A large land animal, exact identity unknown.
I made him just as I made you.
He eats grass like an ox.
16Look at the strength he has in his body.
The muscles of his stomach are powerful!
17His tail extends like a cedar tree.
The muscles of his thighs are woven together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze metal.
His legs are like bars of iron.
19He is one of the first of God’s works.
But God, his Maker, can destroy him.
20The hills, where the wild animals play,
provide food for him.
21He lies under the lotus plants
hidden by the tall grass in the swamp.
22The lotus plants hide him in their shadow.
The poplar trees by the streams surround him.
23If the river floods, he will not be afraid.
He is not afraid even if the Jordan River rushes to his mouth.
24Can anyone blind his eyes and capture him?
Can anyone put hooks in his nose?
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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. [Ezra 9:6; Ps 51:4]
5“I 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 #40:7 See note 38:3.gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
8“Will 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?
9“Have 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.
11“Pour out the overflowings of your wrath,
And look at everyone who is proud and make him low.
12“Look 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, #40:15 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.
16“See now, his strength is in his loins
And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.
17“He sways his tail like a cedar;
The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].
18“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His #40:18 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].
20“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the wild animals play there.
21“He lies down under the lotus plants,
In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.
22“The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
23“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;
He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.
24“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
Or pierce his nose with barbs [to trap him]?
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