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Job: What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
Then the LORD said to Job,
Job Humbles Himself Before God
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
God Questions Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
“Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
“Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.
And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
“Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.
Bind them in the hidden place.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
“Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.
That your own right hand can save you.
Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.
See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.
And his power in the muscles of his belly.
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.
Let his maker bring near his sword.
He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
And all the beasts of the field play there.
For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.
He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
The willows of the brook surround him.
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.
Lo, the river overfloweth -- he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.