| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1The LORD said to Job: | 1Then the LORD answered Job: |
| 2"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!" | 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: |
| 4"I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put 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 spoke once, but I have no answer-- twice, but I will say no more." | 5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." |
| 6Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm: | 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: |
| 7"Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. | 7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! |
| 8"Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me 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, and can your voice thunder like his? | 9Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? |
| 10Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty. | 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! |
| 11Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low, | 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; |
| 12look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand. | 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! |
| 13Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave. | 13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. |
| 14Then I myself will admit 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"Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. | 15"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. |
| 16What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly! | 16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. |
| 17Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit. | 17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. |
| 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron. | 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. |
| 19It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword. | 19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. |
| 20The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby. | 20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. |
| 21Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh. | 21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. |
| 22The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it. | 22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. |
| 23A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth. | 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. |
| 24Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose? | 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? |
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