Job: What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
2 “Will the faultfinder acontend with the Almighty?Let him who breproves God answer it.”Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13; Is 45:9Job 13:3; 23:4; 31:35
3 Then Job answered the LORD and said,
God Questions Job
6 Then the aLORD answered Job out of the storm and said,Job 38:1
7 “Now agird up your loins like a man;I will bask you, and you instruct Me.Job 38:3Job 38:3; 42:48 “Will you really aannul My judgment?Will you bcondemn Me cthat you may be justified?Rom 3:4Job 10:3, 7; 16:11; 19:6; 27:2Job 13:18; 27:69 “Or do you have an arm like God,And can you athunder with a voice like His?Job 37:5; Ps 29:3
10 “aAdorn yourself with eminence and dignity,And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.Ps 93:1; 104:111 “Pour out athe overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is bproud, and make him low.Is 42:25; Nah 1:6, 8Is 2:12; Dan 4:3712 “Look on everyone who is proud, and ahumble him,And btread down the wicked 1where they stand.Lit under them1 Sam 2:7; Is 2:12; 13:11; Dan 4:37Is 63:313 “aHide them in the dust together;Bind 1them in the hidden place.Or their facesIs 2:10-1214 “Then I will also 1confess to you,That your own right hand can save you.Or praise you
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
15 “Behold now, 1Behemoth, which aI made 2as well as you;He eats grass like an ox.Or the hippopotamusLit withJob 40:1916 “Behold now, his strength in his loinsAnd his power in the muscles of his belly.17 “He bends his tail like a cedar;The sinews of his thighs are knit together.18 “His bones are tubes of bronze;His 1limbs are like bars of iron.Lit bones
19 “He is the afirst of the ways of God;Let his bmaker bring near his sword.Job 41:33Job 40:1520 “Surely the mountains abring him food,And all the beasts of the field bplay there.Ps 104:14Ps 104:2621 “Under the lotus plants he lies down,In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.22 “The lotus plants cover him with 1shade;The willows of the brook surround him.Lit his shade23 “If a river 1rages, he is not alarmed;He is confident, though the aJordan rushes to his mouth.Or oppressesGen 13:1024 “Can anyone capture him 1when he is on watch,With 2barbs can anyone pierce his nose?Lit in his eyesLit snares