Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --
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The Lord answered Job:
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
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Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct [Him]? Let him who argues with God give an answer.
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --
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Then Job answered the Lord:
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
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I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? I place my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
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I have spoken once, and I will not reply; twice, but [now] I can add nothing.
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
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Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
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Get ready to answer Me like a man; When I question you, you will inform Me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
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Would you really challenge My justice? Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
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Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
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Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
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Unleash your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him.
12 See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
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Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
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Hide them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
14 And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
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Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can deliver you.
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
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Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
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Look at the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
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He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
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His bones are bronze tubes; his limbs are like iron rods.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
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He is the foremost of God's works; [only] his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
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The hills yield food for him, while all [sorts of] wild animals play there.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
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He lies under the lotus plants, hiding in the protection of marshy reeds.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
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Lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
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Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
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Can anyone capture him while he looks on, or pierce his nose with snares?
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