Job 40 Christian Standard Bible

40 The Lord answered Job:

²Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.^[a]

³Then Job answered the Lord:

⁴I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?^(A)
I place my hand over my mouth.
⁵I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing.^(B)

⁶Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:^(C)

⁷Get ready to answer me like a man;
when I question^(D) you, you will inform me.
⁸Would you really challenge my justice?
Would you declare me guilty^(E) to justify yourself?^(F)
⁹Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰Adorn yourself with majesty^(G) and splendor,
and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
¹¹Pour out your raging anger;^(H)
look on every proud person and humiliate him.^(I)
¹²Look on every proud person and humble him;^(J)
trample the wicked where they stand.^[b]
¹³Hide them together in the dust;
imprison them in the grave.^[c]
¹⁴Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand^(K) can deliver you.^(L)

¹⁵Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you.
He eats grass like cattle.
¹⁶Look at the strength of his back^[d]
and the power in the muscles of his belly.
¹⁷He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
¹⁸His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
¹⁹He is the foremost of God’s works;^(M)
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
²⁰The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.
²¹He lies under the lotus plants,
hiding in the protection^[e] of marshy reeds.
²²Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.
²³Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
²⁴Can anyone capture him while he looks on,^[f]
or pierce his nose with snares?

Footnotes

40:2 Lit God respond to it
40:12 Lit wicked in their place
40:13 Lit together; bind their faces in the hidden place
40:16 Or waist
40:21 Lit plants, in the hiding place
40:24 Lit capture it in its eyes

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