Job 40
40
1-2Job, you challenged Almighty God;
will you give up now, or will you answer?
Job
3-4I spoke foolishly, LORD. What can I answer?
I will not try to say anything else.
5I have already said more than I should.
6Then out of the storm the LORD spoke to Job once again.
The LORD
7Stand up straight now,
and answer my questions.
8Are you trying to prove that I am unjust —
to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
9Are you as strong as I am?
Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?
10If so, stand up in your honour and pride;
clothe yourself with majesty and glory.
11Look at those who are proud;
pour out your anger and humble them.
12Yes, look at them and bring them down;
crush the wicked where they stand.
13Bury them all in the ground;
bind them in the world of the dead.
14Then I will be the first to praise you
and admit that you won the victory yourself.
15Look at the monster Behemoth;#40.15 Behemoth: Some identify this with the hippopotamus, others with a legendary creature.
I created him and I created you.
He eats grass like a cow,
16but what strength there is in his body,
and what power there is in his muscles!
17His tail stands up like a cedar,
and the muscles in his legs are strong.
18His bones are as strong as bronze,
and his legs are like iron bars.
19The most amazing of all my creatures!
Only his Creator can defeat him.
20Grass to feed him grows
on the hills where wild beasts play.#40.20 Verse 20 in Hebrew is unclear.
21He lies down under the thorn bushes,
and hides among the reeds in the swamp.
22The thorn bushes and the willows by the stream
give him shelter in their shade.
23He is not afraid of a rushing river;
he is calm when the Jordan dashes in his face.
24Who can blind his eyes and capture him?
Or who can catch his snout in a trap?
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Good News Bible. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
Job 40
40
1And Jehovah answered Job and said, 2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God#GodHebrew: Eloah let him answer it. 3And Job answered Jehovah and said, 4Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, 7Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. 8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous? 9Hast thou an arm like ·God#GodHebrew: El or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour. 11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him: 12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. 14Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox. 16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly. 17He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together. 18His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron. 19He is the chief of ·God's#GodHebrew: El ways: he that made him gave him his sword. 20For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen: 22Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. 23Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth. 24Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?
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