Job 40
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1The LORD answered Job: 1Then the LORD answered Job:
2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who argues with God give an answer. 2"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!"
3Then Job answered the LORD: 3Then Job answered the LORD:
4I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? I place my hand over my mouth. 4"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
5I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but now I can add nothing. 5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more."
6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
7Get ready to answer Me like a man; When I question you, you will inform Me. 7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!
8Would you really challenge My justice? Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself? 8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
9Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His? 9Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!
11Unleash your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him. 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
12Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!
13Hide them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave. 13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.
14Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can deliver you. 14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox. 15"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.
16Look at the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly. 16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.
17He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together. 17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
18His bones are bronze tubes; his limbs are like iron rods. 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.
19He is the foremost of God's works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. 19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.
20The hills yield food for him, while all sorts of wild animals play there. 20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.
21He lies under the lotus plants, hiding in the protection of marshy reeds. 21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.
22Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him. 22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.
23Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth. 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.
24Can anyone capture him while he looks on, or pierce his nose with snares? 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?
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