| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the LORD answered Job: | 1The LORD continued his response to Job by saying: |
| 2"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" | 2"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer." |
| 3Then Job answered the LORD: | 3Then Job replied to the LORD. He said: |
| 4"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. | 4"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless. |
| 5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." | 5I spoke once, but I can't answer; I tried a second time, but I won't do so anymore." |
| 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: | 6The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him: |
| 7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! | 7"Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers! |
| 8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? | 8Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous? |
| 9Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? | 9Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?" |
| 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! | 10"When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty, clothed yourself with splendor and dignity, |
| 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; | 11dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person, |
| 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! | 12stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are, |
| 13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. | 13buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place, |
| 14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. | 14then I will applaud you myself! I'll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!" |
| 15"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. | 15"Please observe Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox. |
| 16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. | 16Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen. |
| 17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. | 17His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength. |
| 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. | 18His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron. |
| 19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. | 19He is the grandest of God's undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him with his sword. |
| 20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. | 20Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic. |
| 21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. | 21He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes. |
| 22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. | 22The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him. |
| 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. | 23What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows. |
| 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? | 24Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?" |
|
    |