4“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
         I lay my hand on my mouth.

5“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
         Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

God Questions Job

      6Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,

7“Now gird up your loins like a man;
         I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

8“Will you really annul My judgment?
         Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

9“Or do you have an arm like God,
         And can you thunder with a voice like His?

10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
         And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

11“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
         And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

12“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
         And tread down the wicked where they stand.

13“Hide them in the dust together;
         Bind them in the hidden place.

14“Then I will also confess to you,
         That your own right hand can save you.

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

15“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
         He eats grass like an ox.

16“Behold now, his strength in his loins
         And his power in the muscles of his belly.

17“He bends his tail like a cedar;
         The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

18“His bones are tubes of bronze;
         His limbs are like bars of iron.

19“He is the first of the ways of God;
         Let his maker bring near his sword.

20“Surely the mountains bring him food,
         And all the beasts of the field play there.

21“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
         In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

22“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
         The willows of the brook surround him.

23“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
         He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

24“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
         With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Douay-Rheims Bible


Darby Bible Translation
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

English Revised Version
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

World English Bible
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
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Whether at the Coming Judgment the Angels Will be Judged?
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Whether Hope is in the Damned?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

December 14 Evening
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Whether God is a Body
Whether God is a Body We proceed to the first article thus: 1. It seems that God is a body. For what has three dimensions is a body, and sacred Scripture attributes three dimensions to God, as in Job 11:8-9: "It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." God is therefore a body. 2. Again, everything that has figure is a body, since figure is a mode of quantity. Now it seems that God has …
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Whether God is a Body?
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