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Job 40

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Continuing to address Iyov, ADONAI said:

2 "Does the critic still want to dispute Shaddai? Let him who wants to correct God give an answer!"

3 Then Iyov replied to ADONAI:

4 "I am too ashamed; I have nothing to say. I lay my hand over my mouth.

5 Yes, I spoke once, but I won't answer more; all right, twice, but I won't go on."

6 ADONAI answered Iyov out of the storm:

7 "Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

8 "Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?

9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

10 Come on, deck yourself with majesty and dignity, robe yourself in glory and splendor.

11 Let loose your furious anger, look at all who are proud, and humble them.

12 Look at all who are proud, and bring them down; tread down the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them in the ground together, bind their faces in the hidden world.

14 If you do this, then I will confess to you that your own power can save you.

15 "Now consider Behemot, whom I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.

16 What strength he has in his loins! What power in his stomach muscles!

17 He can make his tail as stiff as a cedar, the muscles in his thighs are like cables,

18 his bones are like bronze pipes, his limbs like iron bars.

19 "He ranks first among God's works. Only his maker can approach him with his sword.

20 The mountains produce food for him there, where all the wild animals play.

21 He lies down under the thorny lotus bushes and is hidden by the reeds in the swamp;

22 the lotus bushes cover him with their shade, and the willows by the stream surround him.

23 If the river overflows, it doesn't worry him; he is confident even if the Yarden rushes by his mouth.

24 Can anyone catch him by his eyes or pierce his nose with a hook?

New Living Translation NLT

1 Then the LORD said to Job,

2 “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”

3 Then Job replied to the LORD,

4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand.

5 I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say.”

6 Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

7 “Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.

8 “Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?

9 Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

10 All right, put on your glory and splendor, your honor and majesty.

11 Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud.

12 Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead.

14 Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

15 “Take a look at Behemoth, which I made, just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.

16 See its powerful loins and the muscles of its belly.

17 Its tail is as strong as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.

18 Its bones are tubes of bronze. Its limbs are bars of iron.

19 It is a prime example of God’s handiwork, and only its Creator can threaten it.

20 The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play.

21 It lies under the lotus plants, hidden by the reeds in the marsh.

22 The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream.

23 It is not disturbed by the raging river, not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.

24 No one can catch it off guard or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.