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title="Job 39">◄</a> Job 40 <a href="../job/41.htm" title="Job 41">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/job/40.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Job,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?</p><p class="line2">You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”</p><p class="hdg">Job Responds to the LORD</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Job replied to the LORD,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?</p><p class="line2">I will cover my mouth with my hand.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I have said too much already.</p><p class="line2">I have nothing more to say.”</p><p class="hdg">The LORD Challenges Job Again</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Brace yourself like a man,</p><p class="line2">because I have some questions for you,</p><p class="line2">and you must answer them.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Will you discredit my justice</p><p class="line2">and condemn me just to prove you are right?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Are you as strong as God?</p><p class="line2">Can you thunder with a voice like his?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All right, put on your glory and splendor,</p><p class="line2">your honor and majesty.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Give vent to your anger.</p><p class="line2">Let it overflow against the proud.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Humiliate the proud with a glance;</p><p class="line2">walk on the wicked where they stand.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Bury them in the dust.</p><p class="line2">Imprison them in the world of the dead.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then even I would praise you,</p><p class="line2">for your own strength would save you.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Take a look at Behemoth,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line2">which I made, just as I made you.</p><p class="line2">It eats grass like an ox.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>See its powerful loins</p><p class="line2">and the muscles of its belly.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Its tail is as strong as a cedar.</p><p class="line2">The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Its bones are tubes of bronze.</p><p class="line2">Its limbs are bars of iron.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>It is a prime example of God’s handiwork,</p><p class="line2">and only its Creator can threaten it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The mountains offer it their best food,</p><p class="line2">where all the wild animals play.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It lies under the lotus plants,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">hidden by the reeds in the marsh.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The lotus plants give it shade</p><p class="line2">among the willows beside the stream.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It is not disturbed by the raging river,</p><p class="line2">not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>No one can catch it off guard</p><p class="line2">or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">40:15 </span><span class="ft">The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">40:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">bramble 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