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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Job 40
40
1 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
2 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
3 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
4 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
5 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
6 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
7 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
8 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
9 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
10 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
11 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
12 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
13 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
15 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
16 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
17 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
18 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
19 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
20 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
21 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
22 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
23 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
24 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
25 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
26 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
27 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
28 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
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