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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Iyov 40
40
1Moreover Hashem answered Iyov, and said,
2Shall he that contendeth with Shaddai correct him? The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker of G-d), let him answer it.
3Then Iyov answered Hashem, and said,
4See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? I will lay mine yad upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, shtayim (twice), but I will proceed no further.
6Then answered Hashem unto Iyov out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Gird up thy loins now like a gever. I will question thee, and thou shall answer Me.
8Wilt thou also annul My mishpat (justice)? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
9Hast thou a zero'a like El? Or canst thou thunder with a kol (voice) like Him?
10Adorn thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with hod (glory) and hadar (splendor).
11Unleash thy evrot af (furious wrath); and behold every one that is proud, and bring him low.
12Look on every one that is proud, and humble him, and tread down the resha'im in their place.
13Bury them in the aphar together; shroud their faces in the crypt.
14Then odecha (will I confess, admit unto thee) that thine own right hand can save thee.
15Hinei now behemot (hippopotamus), which I made along with thee; he eateth grass like an ox.
16Hinei now, his koach is in his loins, and his force is in the sinews of his beten (belly).
17He moveth his zanav (tail) like a cedar branch; the sinews of his thighs are firmly interwoven.
18His atzmot are like tubes of nechoshet; his limbs are like rods of barzel (iron).
19He is the reshit (firstling) of the ways of El; He, his Maker, can approach it with His cherev.
20Surely the harim bring forth food for him, where all the wild beasts play.
21He lieth under the shade of lotus plants, beseter (in the covert) of the reed and marsh.
22The lotus plants cover him with their shadow; the willows by the nakhal (brook, stream) surround him.
23See, when the nahar (river) rages, he is not alarmed; he is confident, though Yarden breaketh forth upon his mouth.
24While he is looking can one capture him? With mokeshim (hooks) can one pierce his nose?
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