Book of Job, Chapter 40
Job 40 NWT - New World TranslationChapter 40 of Job—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ And Jehovah proceeded to answer Job and say:
- ¶ “Should there be any contending[a] of a faultfinder with the Almighty?1
¶ Let the reprover of God[b] himself answer it.”2 - ¶ And Job went on to answer Jehovah and say:
- ¶ “Look! I have become of little account.3
What shall I reply to you?
My hand I have put over my mouth.4 - ¶ Once have I spoken, and I will not answer;
And twice, and I will add nothing.” - ¶ And Jehovah went on to answer Job out of the windstorm5 and say:
- ¶ “Gird up your loins, please, like an able-bodied man;6
I shall question you, and you inform me.7 - ¶ Really, will you invalidate my justice?
Will you pronounce me wicked in order that you may be in the right?[c]8 - ¶ Or do you have an arm like that of the [true] God,[d]9
And with a voice like his can you make it thunder?10 - ¶ Deck yourself, please, with superiority11 and highness;12
And with dignity13 and splendor14 may you clothe yourself. - ¶ Let flow the furious outbursts of your anger,15
And see every one haughty and bring him low. - ¶ See every one haughty, humble him,16
And tread down the wicked right where they are. - ¶ Hide them together in the dust,17
Bind their very faces in the hidden place, - ¶ And I, even I, shall commend you,
Because your right hand can save you. - ¶ Here, now, is Be·heʹmoth[e] that I have made as well as you.
Green grass it eats18 just as a bull does. - ¶ Here, now, its power is in its hips,
And its dynamic energy19 in the tendons of its belly. - ¶ It bends down its tail like a cedar;
The sinews of its thighs are interwoven. - ¶ Its bones are tubes of copper;
Its strong bones are like wrought-iron rods. - ¶ It is the beginning of the ways of God;[f]
Its Maker20 can bring near his sword. - ¶ For the mountains themselves bear their produce for it,21
And all the wild beasts of the field themselves play there.[g] - ¶ Under the thorny lotus trees it lies down,
In the concealed place of reeds22 and the swampy place.23 - ¶ The thorny lotus trees keep it blocked off with their shadow;
The poplars of the torrent valley surround it. - ¶ If the river acts violently, it does not run in panic.
It is confident, although the Jordan24 should burst forth against its mouth. - ¶ Before its eyes can anyone take it?
With snares can anyone bore [its] nose?[h]
FOOTNOTES
- ^ “Should there be any contending.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
- ^ “Do you imagine that I have treated you otherwise than that you should appear righteous?” LXX.
- ^ “Like that of the [true] God.” Heb., ka·ʼElʹ. See De 33:26 ftn, “God.”
- ^ Or, “hippopotamus.” Heb., vehe·mohthʹ, pl. of behe·mahʹ (compare Ge 1:24 ftn, “Animal”); Gr., the·riʹa; Lat.(vs 10), Be·heʹmoth.
- ^ “God.” Heb., ʼEl.
- ^ “He made pleasure for the four-footed creatures in the Tartarus,” LXX. See App 4D.
- ^ MLXX continue this chapter for eight more vss.
REFERENCES
- ^ Jb 21:15; 33:13; Is 45:9; Re 4:8
- ^ Jb 13:3; 23:4; 31:35; Ro 9:19
- ^ Ezr 9:6; Jb 42:6; Ps 51:4
- ^ Jg 18:19; Jb 29:9; Ps 39:9; Pr 30:32
- ^ Jb 38:1
- ^ Jb 38:3
- ^ Jb 42:4
- ^ Ps 51:4; Ro 3:4
- ^ Ex 15:6; Ps 89:13; 1Co 10:22
- ^ Jb 37:4; Ps 29:3
- ^ Is 2:10; 24:14
- ^ Ps 83:18
- ^ 1Ch 16:27; Ps 8:1
- ^ Ps 104:1
- ^ Ps 78:49; 90:11; Je 30:23
- ^ 2Sa 22:28; Ps 18:27; Pr 15:25; Is 2:11; Da 4:37
- ^ Ps 49:14; 55:15
- ^ Ge 1:30; Ps 104:14
- ^ Is 40:26
- ^ Ps 104:24
- ^ Ps 104:14
- ^ Ps 68:30; Is 19:6
- ^ Jb 8:11
- ^ Jos 3:15
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