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Job 40 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 40
God’s Power and Wisdom
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
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2 ​​“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
​​He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job’s Response to God
3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:
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4 ​​“Behold, I am vile;
​​What shall I answer You?
​​I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 ​​Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
​​Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
God’s Challenge to Job
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
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7 ​​“Now prepare yourself like a man;
​​I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
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8 ​​“Would you indeed annul My judgment?
​​Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9 ​​Have you an arm like God?
​​Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 ​​Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
​​And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 ​​Disperse the rage of your wrath;
​​Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 ​​Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
​​Tread down the wicked in their place.
13 ​​Hide them in the dust together,
​​Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 ​​Then I will also confess to you
​​That your own right hand can save you.
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15 ​​“Look now at the behemoth,[fn] which I made along with you;
​​He eats grass like an ox.
16 ​​See now, his strength is in his hips,
​​And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 ​​He moves his tail like a cedar;
​​The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 ​​His bones are like beams of bronze,
​​His ribs like bars of iron.
19 ​​He is the first of the ways of God;
​​Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20 ​​Surely the mountains yield food for him,
​​And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 ​​He lies under the lotus trees,
​​In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 ​​The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
​​The willows by the brook surround him.
23 ​​Indeed the river may rage,
​​Yet he is not disturbed;
​​He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24 ​​Though he takes it in his eyes,
​​Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
A large animal, exact identity unknown
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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