Job 40 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Jehovah will answer Job, and he will say, And the LORD said to Job: The LORD said to Job:
2 Shall he contending with the Almighty, instruct? he reproving God shall answer 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 And Job will answer Jehovah, and say, Then Job answered the LORD and said: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 Behold, I was vile; what shall I turn back to thee? I put my hand to 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 sake, and I will not answer: and twice, and I will not add. 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 Jehovah will answer Job from the whirlwind, and he will say, Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Gird up now thy loins as a man; I will ask thee, and do thou make known 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 Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me so that thou shalt be just? 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 And if an arm to thee as God? and with thy voice wilt thou thunder as he? 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 thyself now with majesty and grandeur, and thou shalt put on ornament and splendor. “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 Scatter the overflowings of thine anger, and see every proud one and bring him low. 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 See every proud one, and humble him; and crush the unjust in 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 Hide them in the dust together, and bind their faces in hiding. 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 And also I will confess to thee that thy right hand shall save for 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 Behold now, the great beast which I made with thee; he will eat grass as 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 Behold now, his strength in his loins, and his power in the sinews 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 will bend his tail as a cedar; the sinews of his thighs will be woven 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 bones tubes of brass; his bones as a hammered bar 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 the chief of the ways of God: he making him, his sword will reach. “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 For the mountains shall lift up produce for him, and all the beasts of the field shall play there. 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 will lie down under the shades, in the covering of the reed and marsh. 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 shades shall cover him with their shadow; the willows of the torrent shall surround 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, he will oppress a river, and he will not spring up: he will trust that Jordan burst forth 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 He will take it with his eyes: his nose will pierce through snares. 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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