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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/job/40.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>God’s Power and Wisdom</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text Job-40-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Moreover the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> answered Job, and said:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct <i>Him?</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-40-2">He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”</span></p></div> <h3> Job’s Response to God</span></h3><p><span class="text Job-40-3"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Job answered the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> and said:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Behold, I am vile;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-4">What shall I answer You?</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-4">I lay my hand over my mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-5">Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”</span></p></div> <h3> God’s Challenge to Job</span></h3><p><span class="text Job-40-6"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Now <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>prepare yourself like a man;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-7">I will question you, and you shall answer Me:</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Would you indeed <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>annul My judgment?</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-8">Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Have you an arm like God?</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-9">Or can you thunder with a voice like His?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then adorn yourself <i>with</i> majesty and splendor,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-10">And array yourself with glory and beauty.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Disperse the rage of your wrath;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-11">Look on everyone <i>who is</i> proud, and humble him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Look on everyone <i>who is</i> proud, <i>and</i> bring him low;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-12">Tread down the wicked in their place.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hide them in the dust together,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-13">Bind their faces in hidden <i>darkness.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I will also confess to you</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-14">That your own right hand can save you.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Look now at the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>behemoth, which I made <i>along</i> with you;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-15">He eats grass like an ox.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>See now, his strength <i>is</i> in his hips,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-16">And his power <i>is</i> in his stomach muscles.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He moves his tail like a cedar;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-17">The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His bones <i>are like</i> beams of bronze,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-18">His ribs like bars of iron.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He <i>is</i> the first of the ways of God;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-19">Only He who made him can bring near His sword.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely the mountains yield food for him,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-20">And all the beasts of the field play there.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He lies under the lotus trees,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-21">In a covert of reeds and marsh.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The lotus trees cover him <i>with</i> their shade;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-22">The willows by the brook surround him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Indeed the river may rage,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-23"><i>Yet</i> he is not disturbed;</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-23">He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><i>Though</i> he takes it in his eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Job-40-24"><i>Or</i> one pierces <i>his</i> nose with a snare.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-13872a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 40:7">Job 40:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>gird up your loins</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13873b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 40:8">Job 40:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>nullify</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13880c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 40:15">Job 40:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A large animal, exact identity unknown</span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div 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