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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 Legacy Standard Bible</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="../">LSB</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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/40.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Job Places His Hand Over His Mouth</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Yahweh answered Job and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? <p class="indent2">Let him who reproves God answer it.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Job answered Yahweh and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You? <p class="indent2">I place my hand over my mouth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; <p class="indent2">Even twice, and I will add nothing more.” <p class="hdg">Yahweh Will Ask Job</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Yahweh answered Job out of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>whirlwind and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Now gird up your loins like a man; <p class="indent2">I will ask you, and you make Me know. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Will you really annul My judgment? <p class="indent2">Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Or do you have an arm like God, <p class="indent2">And can you thunder with a voice like His? <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness, <p class="indent2">And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Pour out the overflowings of your anger, <p class="indent2">And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Look on everyone who is proud, <i>and</i> humble him, <p class="indent2">And tread down the wicked <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in their place. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hide them in the dust together; <p class="indent2">Bind their faces in the hidden <i>place</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I will also praise you, <p class="indent2">That your own right hand can save you. <p class="hdg">Behold the Behemoth</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Behold now, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Behemoth, which I made along with you; <p class="indent2">It eats grass like an ox. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold now, its power in its loins <p class="indent2">And its vigor in the muscles of its belly. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>It hangs its tail like a cedar; <p class="indent2">The sinews of its thighs are knit together. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Its bones are tubes of bronze; <p class="indent2">Its <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>limbs are like bars of iron. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“It is the first of the ways of God; <p class="indent2">Let its Maker bring near its sword. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely the mountains bring it food, <p class="indent2">And all the beasts of the field play there. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Under the lotus plants it lies down, <p class="indent2">In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The lotus plants cover it with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>shade; <p class="indent2">The willows of the brook surround it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed; <p class="indent2">It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Can anyone capture it before its eyes, <p class="indent2">With snares can anyone pierce <i>its</i> nose?<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>storm</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>under them</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Possibly the hippopotamus<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>bones</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>his shade</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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