Job 40
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1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,1Then the LORD answered Job:
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him 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:
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.4"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more."
6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!
8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?9Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.15"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.
23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.
24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?
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