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
1Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?
He that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?
I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer:
yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
The Manifestations of God's Power
6Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Gird up thy loins now like a man:
I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?
Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9Hast thou an arm like God?
Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;
and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:
and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;
and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together;
and bind their faces in secret.
14Then will I also confess unto thee
that thine own right hand can save thee.
15Behold now behemoth,#40.15 behemoth or the hippopotamus. which I made with thee;
he eateth grass as an ox.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar:
the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass;
his bones are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God:
he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food,
where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lieth under the shady trees,
in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow;
the willows of the brook compass him about.
23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:
he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24He taketh it with his eyes:
his nose pierceth through snares.
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