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Job 40

New American Standard Bible 2020

Job Says What Can I Say?

1Then the LordH3068 saidH6030H559 to JobH347,2“Will the faultfinderH3250 1contendH7378 with the AlmightyH7706? Let him who 2rebukesH3198 GodH433 3giveH6030 an answerH6030.”

3Then JobH347 answeredH6030 the LordH3068 and saidH559,4“BeholdH2005, I amH7043 insignificantH7043; whatH4100 can I sayH7725 inH7725 responseH7725 to You? I 4putH7760 my handH3027 on my mouthH6310.5I have spokenH1696 onceH259, and 5I will not replyH6030; Or twiceH8147, and I will addH3254 nothingH3808 more.”

God Questions Job

6Then the 6LordH3068 answeredH6030 JobH347 from the whirlwindH5591 and saidH559,7“NowH4994 78tightenH247 theH247 beltH247 on your waistH2504 like a manH1397; I will 9askH7592 you, and you instructH3045 Me.8Will you reallyH637 10nullifyH6565 My judgmentH4941? Will you 11condemnH7561 Me 12soH4616 thatH4616 you may be justifiedH6663?9OrH518 do you have an armH2220 like GodH410, And can you 13thunderH7481 with a voiceH6963 likeH3644 His?

10“14AdornH5710 yourselfH5710 with prideH1347 and dignityH1363, And clotheH3847 yourselfH3847 with honorH1935 and majestyH1926.11LetH6327 outH6327 your 15outburstsH5678 of angerH639, And lookH7200 at everyoneH3605 who is 16arrogantH1343, and humbleH8213 him.12LookH7200 at everyoneH3605 who is arrogantH1343, and 17humbleH3665 him, And 18trampleH1915 downH1915 the wickedH7563 19whereH8478 they standH8478.1320HideH2934 them togetherH3162 in the dustH6083; ImprisonH2280 21them in the hiddenH2934 place.14Then I will alsoH1571 22confessH3034 to you, That your own rightH3225 handH3225 can saveH3467 you.

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

15“BeholdH2009, 23BehemothH930, whichH834 24I madeH6213 25asH5973 wellH5973 asH5973 you; He eatsH398 grassH2682 like an oxH1241.16BeholdH2009, his strengthH3581 in his waistH4975, And his powerH202 in the musclesH8306 of his bellyH990.17He hangsH2654 his tailH2180 likeH3644 a cedarH730; The tendonsH1517 of his thighsH6344 are knitH8276 togetherH8276.18His bonesH6106 are tubesH650 of bronzeH5154; His 26limbsH1634 are like barsH4300 of ironH1270.

19“He is the 27firstH7225 of the waysH1870 of GodH410; Let his 28MakerH6213 bringH5066 His swordH2719 nearH5066.20IndeedH3588 the 29mountainsH2022 30bringH5375 him foodH944, And allH3605 the animalsH2421 of the fieldH7704 31playH7832 thereH8033.21He liesH7901 downH7901 underH8478 the lotusH6628 plantsH6628, In the hidingH5643 placeH5643 of the reedsH7070 and the marshH1207.22The lotusH6628 plantsH6628 coverH5526 him with 32shadeH6738; The willowsH6155 of the brookH5158 surroundH5437 him.23IfH2005 a riverH5104 33ragesH6231, he isH2648 not alarmedH2648; He isH982 confidentH982, thoughH3588 the 34JordanH3383 rushesH1518 to his mouthH6310.24Can anyone captureH3947 him 35when he is on watchH5869, Can anyone pierceH5344 his noseH639 with barbsH4170?

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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