Job 40 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 MOREOVER the LORD answered Job, and said, And the LORD said to Job: The LORD said to Job:
2 Many are the counsels of God; he who reproves God must answer for it. “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Then Job answered the LORD and said: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 Behold, I am unworthy; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.” I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Gird up your loins now like a man; I will question you, and you shall declare to me. “Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 Will you disannul my judgment? Will you even condemn me, that you may be justified? Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like him? Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his? Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
10 Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty. “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor. Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Cast away the rage of your wrath; and look upon everyone that is proud, and abase him; Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12 And cast the sinners into their place. Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand. look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Bury them in the earth together; cover their faces with fine dust. Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below. Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
14 Then will I also give you credit when your own right hand has saved you. Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Behold now the hippopotamus which I made for you; he eats grass like an ox. “Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox. “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Lo, his strength is in his loins, and his tail stands erect like a cedar tree. Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly. What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 The sinews of his thighs bulge out. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are strong as pieces of brass; yea, they are like bars of iron. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron. Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 He is the chief among God's creations; for he made him powerful to fight. “He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword! It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 He roams about the mountains, and all the wild beasts of the field lie down under his protection. For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play. The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 He lurks in the covert of reeds, he couches as a lion. Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh. Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encircle him. For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him. The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 Behold, if he plunges into the river, he is not afraid; he is confident, though the Jordan reaches to his mouth. Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth. A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 Can one take him with a hook, or catch him with a net? Can one snare him in a trap, or can one bind his tongue with a rope? Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare? Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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