Job 9:4-14

4 God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.
5 Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them.
6 God sends earthquakes and shakes the ground; he rocks the pillars that support the earth.
7 He can keep the sun from rising, 1 and the stars from shining at night.
8 No one helped God spread out the heavens or trample the sea monster's back.
9 God hung the stars in the sky - the Dipper, 2 Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars of the south.
10 We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.
11 God passes by, but I cannot see him.
12 He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, "What are you doing?"
13 God's anger is constant. He crushed his enemies who helped Rahab, the sea monster, oppose him.
14 So how can I find words to answer God?

Cross References 2

  • 1. +29.7, 8Baruch 3.34, 35.
  • 2. 9.9Job 38.31;Amos 5.8.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. trample the sea monster's back: [A reference to ancient stories in which a sea monster was killed and then trampled (see also 26.13).]
  • [b]. rahab: [A legendary sea monster which represented the forces of chaos and evil.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.