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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 40 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/40.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/40-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Job 40</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/39.htm" 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">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/40-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And YHWH answers Job and says:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Job answers YHWH and says:<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Behold, I have been vile, "" What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I have spoken once, and I do not answer, "" And twice, and I do not add.”<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Now gird your loins as a man, "" I ask you, and you cause Me to know.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, "" That you may be righteous?<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now put on excellence and loftiness, "" Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, "" And see every proud one, and make him low.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>See every proud one—humble him, "" And tread down the wicked in their place.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hide them in the dust together, "" Bind their faces in secret.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And even I praise you, "" For your right hand gives salvation to you.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now behold, behemoth, "" That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, "" And his strength in the muscles of his belly.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He bends his tail as a cedar, "" The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His bones [are] tubes of bronze, "" His bones [are] as a bar of iron.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, "" His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For mountains bear food for him, "" And all the beasts of the field play there.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He lies down under shades, "" In a secret place of reed and marsh.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, "" Willows of the brook cover him.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, "" He is confident though Jordan "" Comes forth to his mouth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Does [one] take him by his eyes? "" Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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