Hiob 40,1 | New International Reader’s Version
English Standard Version
Hiob 40,1 | New International Reader’s Version
1The LORD continued,2‘I am the Mighty One. Will the man who argues with me correct me? Let him who brings charges against me answer me!’3Job replied to the LORD,4‘I’m not worthy. How can I reply to you? I’m putting my hand over my mouth. I’ll stop talking.5I spoke once. But I really don’t have any answer. I spoke twice. But I won’t say anything else.’6Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said,7‘Get ready to stand up for yourself. I will ask you some more questions. Then I want you to answer me.8‘Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?9Is your arm as powerful as mine is? Can your voice thunder as mine does?10Then put on glory and beauty as if they were your clothes. Also put on honour and majesty.11Let loose your great anger. Look at those who are proud and bring them low.12Look at proud people and make them humble. Crush evil people right where they are.13Bury their bodies together in the dust. Cover their faces in the grave.14Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.15‘Look at Behemoth. It is a huge animal. I made both of you. It eats grass like an ox.16Look at the strength it has in its hips! What power it has in the muscles of its stomach!17Its tail sways to and fro like a cedar tree. The tendons of its thighs are close together.18Its bones are like tubes made out of bronze. Its legs are like rods made out of iron.19It ranks first among my works. I made it. I can approach it with my sword.20The hills produce food for it. All the other wild animals play near it.21It lies under lotus plants. It hides in tall grass in the swamps.22The lotus plants hide it in their shade. Poplar trees near streams surround it.23It is not afraid when the river roars. It is secure even when the River Jordan rushes against its mouth.24Can anyone capture it by its eyes? Can anyone trap it and poke a hole through its nose?
English Standard Version
1And the Lord said to Job:2“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Job Promises Silence
3Then Job answered the Lord and said:4“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”
The Lord Challenges Job
6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:7“Dress for action* like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.8Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?9Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?10“Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.11Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.12Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.13Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.*14Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.15“Behold, Behemoth,* which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.16Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.17He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.18His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.19“He is the first of the works* of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!20For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.21Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.22For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.23Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.24Can one take him by his eyes,* or pierce his nose with a snare?
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