Job Humbles Himself before the LORD 1 UDB Then Yahweh said to Job, BSB BSB: And the LORD said to Job:
2 UDB "Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, you should be able to answer my questions!" BSB BSB: “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
3 UDB Then Job replied to Yahweh, BSB BSB: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 UDB "Now I realize that I am completely worthless. So how could I answer those questions? I will put my hand over my mouth and not say anything. BSB BSB: “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
5 UDB I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more." BSB BSB: I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
The LORD Challenges Job Again 6 UDB Then Yahweh again spoke to Job from inside a powerful storm. He said, BSB BSB: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
7 UDB "I want to ask you some questions, so act like a man and get ready to answer my questions. BSB BSB: “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
8 UDB Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right? BSB BSB: Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
9 UDB Do you have the same amount of power as I do? Can your voice sound as loud as thunder, as mine can? BSB BSB: Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 UDB If you can do that, then put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored! BSB BSB: Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 UDB Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right to humble people who are very proud! BSB BSB: Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
12 UDB Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrily! Crush wicked people quickly! BSB BSB: Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
13 UDB Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out! BSB BSB: Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
14 UDB If you do that, I will congratulate you and say that truly you can save yourself by your own ability. BSB BSB: Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 UDB Think also about hippopotamuses. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do. BSB BSB: Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
16 UDB Their legs are very strong, and the muscles of their bellies are very powerful. BSB BSB: See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17 UDB Their tails are stiff like the branches of a cedar tree. The muscles of their thighs are close together. BSB BSB: His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 UDB Their thigh bones are like tubes made of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars made of iron. BSB BSB: His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
19 UDB Hippopotamuses are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them. BSB BSB: He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 UDB On the hills grows food for them to eat while many other wild animals play nearby. BSB BSB: The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
21 UDB They lie down in the water under the lotus plants; they hide in tall reeds in the swamps. BSB BSB: He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
22 UDB The hippopotamuses find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by willow trees growing in the streams. BSB BSB: The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 UDB They are not disturbed by raging, flooding rivers; they are not even disturbed when rivers like the Jordan River rush over them. BSB BSB: Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
24 UDB No one can catch them with hooks or by piercing their noses with the teeth of a trap! BSB BSB: Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
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