Job Says What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
2 “Will the faultfinder acontend with the Almighty?Let him who brebukes God 1give an answer.”Lit answer itJob 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 from the whirlwind and said,Job 38:1
7 “Now 1atighten the belt on your waist like a man;I will bask you, and you instruct Me.I.e., as if for battleJob 38:3Job 38:3; 42:48 “Will you really anullify My judgment?Will you bcondemn Me cso that 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 pride and dignity,And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.Ps 93:1; 104:111 “Let out your aoutbursts of anger,And look at everyone who is barrogant, and humble him.Is 42:25; Nah 1:6, 8Is 2:12; Dan 4:3712 “Look at everyone who is arrogant, and ahumble him,And btrample down the wicked 1where they stand.Lit under them1 Sam 2:7; Is 2:12; 13:11; Dan 4:37Is 63:313 “aHide them together in the dust;Imprison 1them in the hidden place.Lit 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, 1Behemoth, which aI made 2as well as you;He eats grass like an ox.I.e., a powerful animal, possibly a hippopotamusLit with youJob 40:1916 “Behold, his strength in his waist,And his power in the muscles of his belly.17 “He hangs his tail like a cedar;The tendons 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 His sword near.Job 41:33Job 40:1520 “Indeed the 1mountains abring him food,And all the animals of the field bplay there.I.e., the mountain streamsPs 104:14Ps 104:2621 “He lies down under the lotus plants,In the hiding place 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,Can anyone pierce his nose with barbs?Lit in his eyes