Job 40 · Clearspring

Job Humbles Himself before the LORD

¹Moreover Yahweh answered Job,+ ²“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”+ ³Then Job answered Yahweh,+ ⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.+ ⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”+

The LORD Challenges Job Again

⁶Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,+ ⁷“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.+ ⁸Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?+ ⁹Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?+ ¹⁰“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.+ ¹¹Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.+ ¹²Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.+ ¹³Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.+ ¹⁴Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.+ ¹⁵“See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.+ ¹⁶Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.+ ¹⁷He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.+ ¹⁸His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.+ ¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.+ ²⁰Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.+ ²¹He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.+ ²²The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.+ ²³Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.+ ²⁴Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?+

Job Humbles Himself before the LORD

The LORD Challenges Job Again

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