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 with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. 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
The LORD Speaks
1The Lord responded to Job,
2“Will the person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him?
Will the person who argues with God answer him?”
Job Speaks
3Job answered the Lord,
4“I’m so insignificant. How can I answer you?
I will put my hand over my mouth.
5I spoke once, but I can’t answer—
twice, but not again.”
The LORD Speaks: Can You Be Like Me, Job?
6Then the Lord responded to Job out of a storm,
7“Brace yourself like a man!
I will ask you, and you will teach me.
8“Would you undo my justice?
Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?
9Do you have power like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
10Then dress yourself in majesty and dignity.
Clothe yourself in splendor and glory.
11Unleash your outbursts of anger.
Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down.
12Look at all who are arrogant, and humble them.
Crush wicked people wherever they are.
13Hide them completely in the dust,
and cover their faces in the hidden place.
14Then even I will praise you
because your right hand can save you.
Can You Conquer Behemoth, Job?
15“Look at Behemoth,#40:15 The Hebrew word Behemoth means “beast, animal.” which I made along with you.
It eats grass as cattle do.
16Look at the strength in its back muscles,
the power in its stomach muscles.
17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar.
The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
18Its bones are bronze tubes.
They are like iron bars.
19Behemoth is the first of God’s conquests.
Its maker approaches it with his sword.
20The hills bring it food,
and all the wild animals play there.
21It lies down under the lotus plants
in a hiding place among reeds and swamps.
22Lotus plants provide it with cover.
Poplars by the stream surround it.
23Though the river flows powerfully against it, it’s not alarmed.
It’s confident ⌞even⌟ when the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
24Can anyone blind its eyes #40:24 Or “catch it with a trap.”
or pierce its nose with snares?
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