| New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Job, | 1Then the LORD answered Job: |
| 2"Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it." | 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 and said, | 3Then Job answered the LORD: |
| 4"Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth. | 4"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. |
| 5"Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more." | 5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." |
| 6Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said, | 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: |
| 7"Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me. | 7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! |
| 8"Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? | 8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? |
| 9"Or do you have an arm like God, And 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? |
| 10"Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty. | 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! |
| 11"Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low. | 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; |
| 12"Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked where they stand. | 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! |
| 13"Hide them in the dust together; Bind them in the hidden place. | 13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. |
| 14"Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you. | 14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. |
| 15"Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as 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. |
| 16"Behold now, his strength in his loins And his power in the muscles of his belly. | 16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. |
| 17"He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together. | 17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. |
| 18"His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. | 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. |
| 19"He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword. | 19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. |
| 20"Surely the mountains bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play there. | 20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. |
| 21"Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh. | 21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. |
| 22"The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him. | 22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. |
| 23"If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth. | 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. |
| 24"Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose? | 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? |
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