Job 40
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1God continued speaking to Job. 2“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight?#40:2. Or “Shall a faultfinder contend with God?” Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
3Job answered the Lord, 4“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth. 5I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, 7“Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
8Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong?#40:8. Or “invalidate my justice.” Are you going to condemn me so you can be right? 9Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine? 10Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor! 11Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance. 12Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are. 13Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave. 14Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
15Consider Behemoth,#40:15. Some identify Behemoth as the hippopotamus; others with a legendary creature. Behemoth is the plural of the usual word for animal. a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle. 16Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly. 17It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong. 18Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods. 19It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.#40:19. The Hebrew is unclear. The verse may mean that only its Creator can defeat it. 20The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.#40:20. Presumably the other animals are safe from the Behemoth since it is vegetarian. 21It lies under the lotus;#40:21. Some identify this with the Lotus plant, others with the Lotus tree. it hides in the reeds of the marsh. 22The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it. 23Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it. 24No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.”#40:24. Or “It can take it with his eyes: it can pierce a snare with its nose.”
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Iyoḇ (Job) 40
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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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