I Am The Lord All-Powerful

1 Moreover, God spake unto Job, and said,

1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

1 Then the Lord said to Job,

1 The Lord answered Job:

1 The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:

2 "Can he that striveth with the Almighty be at rest? Should not he which disputeth with God, give him an answer?"

2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

2 “Will the faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?Let him who (B)reproves God answer it.”

2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?Let him who argues with God give an answer.(a)

2 "Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

Job Responds To Yahweh

3 Job answered the LORD, saying,

3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

3 Then Job answered the Lord and said,

3 Then Job answered the Lord:

3 Then Job replied to the LORD. He said:

4 "Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.

4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

4 “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?I (C)lay my hand on my mouth.

4 I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?(A)I place my hand over my mouth.

4 "I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.

5 Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more."

5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

5 “Once I have spoken, and (D)I will not answer;Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

5 I have spoken once, and I will not reply;twice, but now I can add nothing.(B)

5 I spoke once, but I can't answer; I tried a second time, but I won't do so anymore."

Yahweh Challenges Job Again

6 Then spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said,

6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

6 Then the (E)Lord answered Job out of the storm and said,

6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:(C)

6 The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

7 Gird up thy loins like a man, and tell me the things that I will ask thee.

7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

7 “Now (F)gird up your loins like a man;I will (G)ask you, and you instruct Me.

7 Get ready to answer Me like a man;When I question(D) you, you will inform Me.

7 "Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!

Yahweh Interrogates Job Again

8 Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?

8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

8 “Will you really (H)annul My judgment?Will you (I)condemn Me (J)that you may be justified?

8 Would you really challenge My justice?Would you declare Me guilty(E) to justify yourself?(F)

8 Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

9 Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?

9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

9 “Or do you have an arm like God,And can you (K)thunder with a voice like His?

9 Do you have an arm like God’s?Can you thunder with a voice like His?

9 Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"

10 Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array,

10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

10 (L)Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

10 Adorn yourself with majesty(G) and splendor,and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

10 "When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty, clothed yourself with splendor and dignity,

11 pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,

11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

11 “Pour out (M)the overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is (N)proud, and make him low.

11 Unleash your raging anger;(H)look on every proud person and humiliate him.(I)

11 dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person,

12 look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet,

12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

12 “Look on everyone who is proud, and (O)humble him,And (P)tread down the wicked (a)where they stand.

12 Look on every proud person and humble him;(J)trample the wicked where they stand.(b)

12 stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are,

13 cast them down into the mire, and cover their faces with darkness;

13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

13 (Q)Hide them in the dust together;Bind (b)them in the hidden place.

13 Hide them together in the dust;imprison them in the grave.(c)

13 buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place,

14 Then will I confess also, that thy own righthand hath saved thee.

14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

14 “Then I will also (c)confess to you,That your own right hand can save you.

14 Then I will confess to youthat your own right hand(K) can deliver you.(L)

14 then I will applaud you myself! I'll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!"

Can You Conquer Behemoth, Job?

15 "Behold Behemoth, whom I made with thee, which eateth hay as an ox:

15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

15 “Behold now, (d)Behemoth, which (R)I made (e)as well as you;He eats grass like an ox.

15 Look at Behemoth,which I made along with you.He eats grass like an ox.

15 "Please observe Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.

16 lo, how strong he is in his loins, and what power he hath in the navel of his body.

16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

16 “Behold now, his strength in his loinsAnd his power in the muscles of his belly.

16 Look at the strength of his loinsand the power in the muscles of his belly.

16 Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen.

17 He spreadeth out his tail like a Cedar tree, all his sinews are stiff.

17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

17 “He bends his tail like a cedar;The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

17 His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.

18 His shins are like pipes of brass, his ridge bones are like staves of iron.

18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

18 “His bones are tubes of bronze;His (f)limbs are like bars of iron.

18 His bones are bronze tubes;his limbs are like iron rods.

18 His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron.

19 First when God made him, he ordained the wilderness for him,

19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

19 “He is the (S)first of the ways of God;Let his (T)maker bring near his sword.

19 He is the foremost of God’s works;(M)only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

19 He is the grandest of God's undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him with his sword.

20 that the mountains should give him grass, where all the beasts of the field take their pastime.

20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

20 “Surely the mountains (U)bring him food,And all the beasts of the field (V)play there.

20 The hills yield food for him,while all sorts of wild animals play there.

20 Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic.

21 He lieth among the reeds in the mosses,

21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

21 “Under the lotus plants he lies down,In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

21 He lies under the lotus plants,hiding in the protection(d) of marshy reeds.

21 He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes.

22 the fens hide him with their shadow, and the willows of the brook cover him round about.

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

22 “The lotus plants cover him with (g)shade;The willows of the brook surround him.

22 Lotus plants cover him with their shade;the willows by the brook surround him.

22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him.

23 Behold, he drinketh up whole rivers and feareth not: he thinketh that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

23 “If a river (h)rages, he is not alarmed;He is confident, though the (W)Jordan rushes to his mouth.

23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.

23 What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.

24 Who dare lay a hand on him openly, and undertake to catch him? Or, who dare put a hook through his nose, and lay a snare for him?

24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

24 “Can anyone capture him (i)when he is on watch,With (j)barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

24 Can anyone capture him while he looks on,(e)or pierce his nose with snares? >

24 Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"

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