| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 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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