Job 40 Parallel Bible (Youngs Literal Translation)

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¹ And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

¹ Then the Lord said to Job,

¹ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

¹ The Lord answered Job:

¹ The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:

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² Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

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

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

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³ And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

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:

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⁴ Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

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

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

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⁵ Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

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

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

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."

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⁶ And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

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

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

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

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

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⁷ Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

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

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

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

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?

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⁹ And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

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

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

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?"

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¹⁰ Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

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

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

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,

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¹¹ Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

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

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

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,

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

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,

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¹³ Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

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

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

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,

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¹⁴ And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

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

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

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!"

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¹⁵ Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

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

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

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¹⁶ Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

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

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

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¹⁷ He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

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

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

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¹⁸ His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.

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

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

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¹⁹ He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

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

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 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.

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²⁰ For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

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

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

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.

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²¹ Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

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

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

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.

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²² Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

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

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

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.

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²³ Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

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

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

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²⁴ Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?

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

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

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?"

Job 40

I Am The Lord All-Powerful

Job Responds To Yahweh

Yahweh Challenges Job Again

Yahweh Interrogates Job Again

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