Job 40
40
1The Lord answered Job:
2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer. # Lit God respond to it
3Then Job answered the Lord:
4I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? # Ezr 9:6; Jb 29:9; 42:6
I place my hand over my mouth.
5I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing. # Jb 9:3,15; 33:14; Ps 62:11
6Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: # Jb 38:1; Jr 30:23; Ezk 13:11,13
7Get ready to answer Me like a man;
When I question # 2Sm 11:7; Jb 38:3; 42:4 you, you will inform Me.
8Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty # Jb 9:20,28; Ps 37:33; Is 50:9 to justify yourself? # Jb 32:2; Ps 51:4; Rm 3:4
9Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like His?
10Adorn yourself with majesty # Ps 93:1; 96:6; 104:1 and splendor,
and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11Unleash your raging anger; # Jb 14:13; 19:11; 21:17
look on every proud person and humiliate him. # Is 2:11; Ezk 21:26; Dn 4:37
12Look on every proud person and humble him; # Ps 18:27; Is 13:11; 63:3
trample the wicked where they stand. # Lit wicked in their place
13Hide them together in the dust;
imprison them in the grave. # Lit together; bind their faces in the hidden place
14Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand # Ps 17:7; 20:6; 108:6 can deliver you. # Ps 3:8; 49:7; 62:2
15Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you.
He eats grass like an ox.
16Look at the strength of his loins
and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
18His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
19He is the foremost of God’s works; # Jb 26:14; Pr 8:22
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.
21He lies under the lotus plants,
hiding in the protection # Lit plants, in the hiding place of marshy reeds.
22Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.
23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
24Can anyone capture him while he looks on, # Lit capture it in its eyes
or pierce his nose with snares?
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Iyoḇ (Job) 40
40
1And יהוה answered Iyoḇ, and said,
2“Should a reprover contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves Eloah answer it.”
3And Iyoḇ answered יהוה and said,
4“See, I am insignificant, what would I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, but I have no answer – and twice, but I say no more.”
6Then יהוה answered Iyoḇ out of the whirlwind, and said,
7“Now gird up your loins like a man; I ask you, and you answer Me.
8Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
9Or do you have an arm like Ěl? Or do you thunder with a voice like His?
10Deck yourself, please, with excellency and grandeur, and put on esteem and splendour.
11Scatter abroad the rage of your wrath, and look on everyone who is proud and bring him low.
12Look on everyone who is proud, humble him. And tread down the wrong-doers in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together, bind their faces in obscurity.
14Then even I would confess to you that your own right hand does save you.
15See now, Behĕmoth, which I made along with you – he eats grass like an ox.
16See now, his strength is in his loins, and his power is in his stomach muscles.
17He bends his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze, his ribs like bars of iron.
19He is the beginning of the ways of Ěl. His Maker brings near His sword.
20For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21He lies under the slender trees, under cover of reed and swamp.
22The slender trees cover him with their shade; the willows by the stream surround him.
23See, if a river rages, he is not alarmed; he feels safe, even if the Yardĕn gushes into his mouth,
24Before his eyes, shall he be caught, with snares? Or his nose pierced?
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