Job 40
40
1 Then#Hebrew “And” Yahweh answered Job and said,
2“Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai?
Anyone who argues with God must answer it.”
Job Responds to Yahweh
3So Job answered Yahweh and said,
4“Look, I am insignificant.
What shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
even#Hebrew “And” twice, but#Or “and” I will not proceed.”
Yahweh Challenges Job Again
6Then#Or “And” Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
7“Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man,#Literally “Gird up like a man your loins”
and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
Yahweh Interrogates Job Again
8“Indeed, would you annul my justice?
Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
9Or do you have an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10Adorn#The particle sometimes translated “please” is present, but an almighty God or sovereign king does not say “please” when commanding his subjects yourself with pride and dignity,
and clothe yourself with splendor.
11Pour out the overflowing of your anger,
and look at all the proud, and humble them.
12Look at all the proud, humble them,
and tread down the wicked where they stand.#Literally “in place of them”
13Hide them in the dust together;
bind their faces in the grave.
14And I will also praise you,
that your own right hand can save you.
15“Look, Behemoth,#Some interpret as a hippopotamus which I have made just as I made you;
it eats grass like the ox.
16Look, its strength is in its loins
and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
17It keeps its tail straight like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
18Its bones are tubes of copper,
its limbs like rods of iron.
19“It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.#See NET; nearly all other English translations: “Only his Maker can draw the sword against him” (NJPS; compare NLT), or “only its Maker can approach it with the sword” (NRSV, NIV, ESV, HCSB, NASU)
20Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
and all wild animals#Literally “all the animals of the field” play there.
21Under the lotus tree it lies,
in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
22The lotus trees cover it with their shade;
the wadi’s#A seasonal stream that is often dry poplar trees surround it.
23Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;
it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
24Can anyone take it by its eyes?
Can he pierce its nose with a snare?
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Job 40
40
1The Lord said to Job:
2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3Then Job answered the Lord:
4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
5I spoke once, but I have no answer—
twice, but I will say no more.”
6Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
7“Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
8“Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9Do you have an arm like God’s,
and can your voice thunder like his?
10Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.
13Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.
14Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
15“Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16What strength it has in its loins,
what power in the muscles of its belly!
17Its tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs like rods of iron.
19It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20The hills bring it their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.
21Under the lotus plants it lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround it.
23A raging river does not alarm it;
it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
or trap it and pierce its nose?
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