Job 40 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Job 40:1

Job 40:1Then the LORD said to Job,

Job 40:2

Job 40:2“Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?
You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”

Job Responds to the LORD

Job 40:3

Job 40:3Then Job replied to the LORD,

Job 40:4

Job 40:4“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?
I will cover my mouth with my hand.

Job 40:5

Job 40:5I have said too much already.
I have nothing more to say.”

The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:6

Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

Job 40:7

Job 40:7“Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.

Job 40:8

Job 40:8“Will you discredit my justice
and condemn me just to prove you are right?

Job 40:9

Job 40:9Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job 40:10

Job 40:10All right, put on your glory and splendor,
your honor and majesty.

Job 40:11

Job 40:11Give vent to your anger.
Let it overflow against the proud.

Job 40:12

Job 40:12Humiliate the proud with a glance;
walk on the wicked where they stand.

Job 40:13

Job 40:13Bury them in the dust.
Imprison them in the world of the dead.

Job 40:14

Job 40:14Then even I would praise you,
for your own strength would save you.

Job 40:15

Job 40:15“Take a look at Behemoth,[fn]
which I made, just as I made you.
It eats grass like an ox.

Job 40:16

Job 40:16See its powerful loins
and the muscles of its belly.

Job 40:17

Job 40:17Its tail is as strong as a cedar.
The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.

Job 40:18

Job 40:18Its bones are tubes of bronze.
Its limbs are bars of iron.

Job 40:19

Job 40:19It is a prime example of God’s handiwork,
and only its Creator can threaten it.

Job 40:20

Job 40:20The mountains offer it their best food,
where all the wild animals play.

Job 40:21

Job 40:21It lies under the lotus plants,[fn]
hidden by the reeds in the marsh.

Job 40:22

Job 40:22The lotus plants give it shade
among the willows beside the stream.

Job 40:23

Job 40:23It is not disturbed by the raging river,
not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.

Job 40:24

Job 40:24No one can catch it off guard
or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.

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NLT Footnotes

(40:15)

The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.

(40:21)

Or bramble bushes; also in 40:22.

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