Job 40:1WEB
Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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Job 40:1WEB
Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Job 40:2WEB
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Job 40:3WEB
Then Job answered Yahweh,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Job 40:4WEB
“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 40:5WEB
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Job 40:6WEB
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Job 40:7WEB
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
Job 40:8WEB
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Job 40:9WEB
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Job 40:10WEB
“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
Job 40:11WEB
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
Job 40:12WEB
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
Job 40:13WEB
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
Job 40:14WEB
Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
Job 40:15WEB
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
Job 40:16WEB
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17WEB
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job 40:18WEB
His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
Job 40:19WEB
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
Job 40:20WEB
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
Job 40:21WEB
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
Job 40:22WEB
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
Job 40:23WEB
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
Job 40:24WEB
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.