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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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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