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Job: What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
Then the LORD said to Job,
God’s Power and Wisdom
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
Moreover the Lord 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 the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
He who rebukes 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 vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over 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 I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
God Questions Job
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,
God’s Challenge to Job
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the Lord 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.
“Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
“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?
Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
“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.
Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble 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 everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
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 hidden darkness.
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
“Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.
That your own right hand can save you.
Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
That your own right hand can save you.
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like 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.
See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
His ribs 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 first of the ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
Only He who made him can bring near 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.
Surely the mountains yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
And all the beasts of the field play there.
“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 lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.
The willows of the brook surround him.
The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
The willows by 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.
Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,