Job 40
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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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Job 40
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Job 40
1¶ Moreover, the Lord answered Job and said,
2Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this.
3Then Job answered the Lord and said,
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.
5Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.
6¶ Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.
8Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness.
14Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron.
19He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.
24His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.
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