Job Humbles Himself before the LORD 1 AKJV Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Job:
2 AKJV Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. BSB BSB: “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
3 AKJV Then Job answered the LORD, and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 AKJV Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth. BSB BSB: “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
5 AKJV Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further. BSB BSB: I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
The LORD Challenges Job Again 6 AKJV Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said, BSB BSB: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
7 AKJV Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you to me. BSB BSB: “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
8 AKJV Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous? BSB BSB: Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
9 AKJV Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him? BSB BSB: Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 AKJV Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty. BSB BSB: Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 AKJV Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. BSB BSB: Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
12 AKJV Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. BSB BSB: Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
13 AKJV Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. BSB BSB: Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
14 AKJV Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you. BSB BSB: Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 AKJV Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox. BSB BSB: Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
16 AKJV See now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. BSB BSB: See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17 AKJV He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. BSB BSB: His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 AKJV His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. BSB BSB: His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
19 AKJV He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him. BSB BSB: He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 AKJV Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. BSB BSB: The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
21 AKJV He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. BSB BSB: He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
22 AKJV The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. BSB BSB: The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 AKJV Behold, he drinks up a river, and hastens not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. BSB BSB: Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
24 AKJV He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares. BSB BSB: Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
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