Job 40 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the LORD said to Job: The LORD said to Job:
2 “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:
4 “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 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 And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying , Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer 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 Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous? 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 Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his? 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 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour. “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 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one. 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 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly. 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 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame. 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 confess that thy right hand can save thee . 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 But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen. “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 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 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 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together. 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 sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is as cast 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 This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels. “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 And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep. 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 lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush. 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 And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and so do the bushes of the field. 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 If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into 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 Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose. 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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