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Job 40 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Job Places His Hand over His Mouth

Job 40:1

Then Yahweh answered Job and said,

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?

Let him who reproves God answer it.”

Job 40:3

Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?

I place my hand over my mouth.

Job 40:5

“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;

Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

Yahweh Will Ask Job

Job 40:6

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the [fn]whirlwind and said,

Job 40:7

“Now gird up your loins like a man;

I will ask you, and you make Me know.

Job 40:8

“Will you really annul My judgment?

Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Job 40:9

“Or do you have an arm like God,

And can you thunder with a voice like His?

Job 40:10

“Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,

And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

Job 40:11

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,

And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

Job 40:12

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,

And tread down the wicked [fn]in their place.

Job 40:13

“Hide them in the dust together;

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Job 40:14

“Then I will also praise you,

That your own right hand can save you.

Behold the Behemoth

Job 40:15

“Behold now, [fn]Behemoth, which I made along with you;

It eats grass like an ox.

Job 40:16

“Behold now, its power in its loins

And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.

Job 40:17

“It hangs its tail like a cedar;

The sinews of its thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18

“Its bones are tubes of bronze;

Its [fn]limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19

“It is the first of the ways of God;

Let its Maker bring near its sword.

Job 40:20

“Surely the mountains bring it food,

And all the beasts of the field play there.

Job 40:21

“Under the lotus plants it lies down,

In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.

Job 40:22

“The lotus plants cover it with [fn]shade;

The willows of the brook surround it.

Job 40:23

“If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;

It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.

Job 40:24

“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,

With snares can anyone pierce its nose?

LSB Footnotes
Or storm
Lit under them
Hippopotamus, dinosaur, or other; lit great beast
Lit bones
Lit his shade
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