Job - Chapter 40 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Job, you challenged Almighty God; will you give up now, or will you answer?
  • 2. {cf15I (SEE 40:1)}
  • 3. I spoke foolishly, LORD. What can I answer? I will not try to say anything else.
  • 4. {cf15I (SEE 40:3)}
  • 5. I have already said more than I should.
  • 6. Then out of the storm the LORD spoke to Job once again.
  • 7. Now stand up straight and answer my questions.
  • 8. Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--- to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
  • 9. Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?
  • 10. If so, stand up in your honor and pride; clothe yourself with majesty and glory.
  • 11. Look at those who are proud; pour out your anger and humble them.
  • 12. Yes, look at them and bring them down; crush the wicked where they stand.
  • 13. Bury them all in the ground; bind them in the world of the dead.
  • 14. Then I will be the first to praise you and admit that you won the victory yourself.
  • 15. Look at the monster Behemoth; I created him and I created you. He eats grass like a cow,
  • 16. but what strength there is in his body, and what power there is in his muscles!
  • 17. His tail stands up like a cedar, and the muscles in his legs are strong.
  • 18. His bones are as strong as bronze, and his legs are like iron bars.
  • 19. The most amazing of all my creatures! Only his Creator can defeat him.
  • 20. Grass to feed him grows on the hills where wild beasts play.
  • 21. He lies down under the thorn bushes, and hides among the reeds in the swamp.
  • 22. The thorn bushes and the willows by the stream give him shelter in their shade.
  • 23. He is not afraid of a rushing river; he is calm when the Jordan dashes in his face.
  • 24. Who can blind his eyes and capture him? Or who can catch his snout in a trap?
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