Job 40 (NET)

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Job 40:2²“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:4⁴“Indeed, I am completely unworthy —how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:5⁵I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:6⁶Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:7⁷“Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:8⁸Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:9⁹Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:10¹⁰Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:11¹¹Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:12¹²Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:13¹³Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:14¹⁴Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:15¹⁵“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:16¹⁶Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:17¹⁷It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:18¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:19¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:20²⁰For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:21²¹Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:22²²The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:23²³If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 40:24²⁴Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Study Job 40

Open the full commentary units for this chapter: Job 38:1-40:2; Job 40:3-5; Job 40:6-41:34.

Open the lite commentary units for this chapter: Job 38:1-40:2; Job 40:3-5; Job 40:6-41:34.

Open the simple commentary units for this chapter: Job 38:1-40:2; Job 40:3-5; Job 40:6-41:34.

Read the book-level overview and orientation.