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Job: What Can I Say? | ||||
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| 1 Then the LORD said to Job, | 1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, | 1 The LORD responded to Job, | 1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job, | 1 And Jehovah answered Job and said, | 2 "Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who 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 person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him? Will the person who argues with God answer him?" | 2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it." | 2 Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it. | 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said, | 3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, | 3 Job answered the LORD, | 3 Then Job answered Yahweh, | 3 And Job answered Jehovah and said, | 4 "Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I 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'm so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth. | 4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. | 4 Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. | 5 "Once I have spoken, and 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 spoke once, but I can't answer- twice, but not again." Can You Be Like Me, Job? | 5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further." | 5 Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further. | God Questions Job |
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| 6 Then the 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 responded to Job out of a storm, | 6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, | 6 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, | 7 "Now gird up your loins like a man; I will 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 "Brace yourself like a man! I will ask you, and you will teach me. | 7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. | 7 Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me. | 8 "Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? | 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? | 8 "Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous? | 8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? | 8 Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous? | 9 "Or do you have an arm like God, And can you 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 power like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his? | 9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? | 9 Hast thou an arm like �God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? | 10 "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 Then dress yourself in majesty and dignity. Clothe yourself in splendor and glory. | 10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. | 10 Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is 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 outbursts of anger. Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down. | 11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low. | 11 Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him: | 12 "Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked 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 at all who are arrogant, and humble them. Crush wicked people wherever they are. | 12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place. | 12 Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: | 13 "Hide them in the dust together; Bind them in the hidden place. | 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. | 13 Hide them completely in the dust, and cover their faces in the hidden place. | 13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. | 13 Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. | 14 "Then I will also 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 even I will praise you because your right hand can save you. | 14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you. | 14 Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee. | God’s Power Shown in Creatures |
| 15 "Behold now, Behemoth, which I made 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. It eats grass as cattle do. | 15 "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox. | 15 See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "Behold now, his strength in his loins And 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 in its back muscles, the power in its stomach muscles. | 16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly. | 16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly. | 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 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined. | 17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together. | 17 He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together. | 18 "His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. | 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. | 18 Its bones are bronze tubes. They are like iron bars. | 18 His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron. | 18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron. | 19 "He is the first of the ways of God; Let his 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 Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword. | 19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. | 19 He is the chief of �God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword. | 20 "Surely the mountains bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play there. | 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. | 20 The hills bring it food, and all the wild animals play there. | 20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play. | 20 For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 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 It lies down under the lotus plants in a hiding place among reeds and swamps. | 21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh. | 21 He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen: | 22 "The lotus plants cover him with 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 provide it with cover. Poplars by the stream surround it. | 22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. | 22 Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. | 23 "If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the 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 flows powerfully against it, it's not alarmed. It's confident [even] when the Jordan rushes against its mouth. | 23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. | 23 Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth. | 24 "Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose? | 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. | 24 Can anyone blind its eyes or pierce its nose with snares? | 24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare? | 24 Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap? |
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