Job 40 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job: What Can I Say?

Job 40:1

Job 40:1Then the LORD said to Job,

Job 40:2

Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”

Job 40:3

Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD and said,

Job 40:4

Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 40:5

Job 40:5“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

God Questions Job

Job 40:6

Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,

Job 40:7

Job 40:7“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

Job 40:8

Job 40:8“Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Job 40:9

Job 40:9“Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

Job 40:10

Job 40:10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:11

Job 40:11“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

Job 40:12

Job 40:12“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked [fn]where they stand.

Job 40:13

Job 40:13“Hide them in the dust together;
Bind [fn]them in the hidden place.

Job 40:14

Job 40:14“Then I will also [fn]confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.

God's Power Shown in Creatures

Job 40:15

Job 40:15“Behold now, [fn]Behemoth, which I made [fn]as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

Job 40:16

Job 40:16“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17

Job 40:17“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18

Job 40:18“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His [fn]limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19

Job 40:19“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.

Job 40:20

Job 40:20“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

Job 40:21

Job 40:21“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

Job 40:22

Job 40:22“The lotus plants cover him with [fn]shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.

Job 40:23

Job 40:23“If a river [fn]rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

Job 40:24

Job 40:24“Can anyone capture him [fn]when he is on watch,
With [fn]barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

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NASB95 Footnotes

(40:12)

Literally: under them

(40:13)

Or, their faces

(40:14)

Or, praise you

(40:15)

Or, the hippopotamus

(40:15)

Literally: with

(40:18)

Literally: bones

(40:22)

Literally: his shade

(40:23)

Or, oppresses

(40:24)

Literally: in his eyes

(40:24)

Literally: snares

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