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Job 40

New American Standard Bible 2020

Job Says What Can I Say?

1Then the Lord said to Job,2“Will the faultfinder 1contend with the Almighty? Let him who 2rebukes God 3give an answer.”

3Then Job answered the Lord and said,4“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I say in response to You? I 4put my hand on my mouth.5I have spoken once, and 5I will not reply; Or twice, and I will add nothing more.”

God Questions Job

6Then the 6Lord answered Job from the whirlwind and said,7“Now 78tighten the belt on your waist like a man; I will 9ask you, and you instruct Me.8Will you really 10nullify My judgment? Will you 11condemn Me 12so that you may be justified?9Or do you have an arm like God, And can you 13thunder with a voice like His?

10“14Adorn yourself with pride and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.11Let out your 15outbursts of anger, And look at everyone who is 16arrogant, and humble him.12Look at everyone who is arrogant, and 17humble him, And 18trample down the wicked 19where they stand.1320Hide them together in the dust; Imprison 21them in the hidden place.14Then I will also 22confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

15“Behold, 23Behemoth, which 24I made 25as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.16Behold, his strength in his waist, And his power in the muscles of his belly.17He hangs his tail like a cedar; The tendons of his thighs are knit together.18His bones are tubes of bronze; His 26limbs are like bars of iron.

19“He is the 27first of the ways of God; Let his 28Maker bring His sword near.20Indeed the 29mountains 30bring him food, And all the animals of the field 31play there.21He lies down under the lotus plants, In the hiding place of the reeds and the marsh.22The lotus plants cover him with 32shade; The willows of the brook surround him.23If a river 33rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the 34Jordan rushes to his mouth.24Can anyone capture him 35when he is on watch, Can anyone pierce his nose with barbs?

Notes

  1. 1. Job 40:2 Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13; Is 45:9 ↩
  2. 2. Job 40:2 Job 13:3; 23:4; 31:35 ↩
  3. 3. Job 40:2 Lit answer it ↩
  4. 4. Job 40:4 Job 21:5; 29:9 ↩
  5. 5. Job 40:5 Job 9:3, 15 ↩
  6. 6. Job 40:6 Job 38:1 ↩
  7. 7. Job 40:7 I.e., as if for battle ↩
  8. 8. Job 40:7 Job 38:3 ↩
  9. 9. Job 40:7 Job 38:3; 42:4 ↩
  10. 10. Job 40:8 Rom 3:4 ↩
  11. 11. Job 40:8 Job 10:3, 7; 16:11; 19:6; 27:2 ↩
  12. 12. Job 40:8 Job 13:18; 27:6 ↩
  13. 13. Job 40:9 Job 37:5; Ps 29:3 ↩
  14. 14. Job 40:10 Ps 93:1; 104:1 ↩
  15. 15. Job 40:11 Is 42:25; Nah 1:6, 8 ↩
  16. 16. Job 40:11 Is 2:12; Dan 4:37 ↩
  17. 17. Job 40:12 1 Sam 2:7; Is 2:12; 13:11; Dan 4:37 ↩
  18. 18. Job 40:12 Is 63:3 ↩
  19. 19. Job 40:12 Lit under them ↩
  20. 20. Job 40:13 Is 2:10-12 ↩
  21. 21. Job 40:13 Lit their faces ↩
  22. 22. Job 40:14 Or praise you ↩
  23. 23. Job 40:15 I.e., a powerful animal, possibly a hippopotamus ↩
  24. 24. Job 40:15 Job 40:19 ↩
  25. 25. Job 40:15 Lit with you ↩
  26. 26. Job 40:18 Lit bones ↩
  27. 27. Job 40:19 Job 41:33 ↩
  28. 28. Job 40:19 Job 40:15 ↩
  29. 29. Job 40:20 I.e., the mountain streams ↩
  30. 30. Job 40:20 Ps 104:14 ↩
  31. 31. Job 40:20 Ps 104:26 ↩
  32. 32. Job 40:22 Lit his shade ↩
  33. 33. Job 40:23 Or oppresses ↩
  34. 34. Job 40:23 Gen 13:10 ↩
  35. 35. Job 40:24 Lit in his eyes ↩

Commentaries on Job 40

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