Parallel Bible results for "Job 40:6-24"

Job 40:6-24

6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said,

6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

7 "Get ready to stand up for yourself. I will ask you some more questions. Then I want you to answer me.

7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

8 "Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?

8 “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9 Is your arm as powerful as mine is? Can your voice thunder as mine does?

9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?

10 Then put on glory and beauty as if they were your clothes. Also put honor and majesty on.

10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11 Let loose your great anger. Look at those who are proud and bring them low.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

12 Look at proud people and bring them down. Crush those who are evil right where they are.

12 look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury their bodies in the dust together. Cover their faces in the grave.

13 Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

14 Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

15 "Look at the behemoth. It is a huge animal. I made both of you. It eats grass like an ox.

15 “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16 Look at the strength it has in its hips! What power it has in the muscles of its stomach!

16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!

17 Its tail sways back and forth like a cedar tree. The tendons of its thighs are close together.

17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

18 Its bones are like tubes made out of bronze. Its legs are like rods made out of iron.

18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

19 It ranks first among my works. I made it. I can approach it with my sword.

19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

20 The hills produce food for it. All of the other wild animals play near it.

20 The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

21 It lies under lotus plants. It hides in tall grass in the swamps.

21 Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22 The lotus plants hide it in their shade. Poplar trees near streams surround it.

22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

23 It is not afraid when the river roars. It is secure even when the Jordan River rushes against its mouth.

23 A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

24 Can anyone capture it by its eyes? Can anyone trap it and poke a hole through its nose?

24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?