Job: What Can I Say?
Then the LORD said to Job,
2 “Will the faultfinder acontend with the Almighty?Let him who bdisputes with God answer it.”Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13; Is 45:9Job 13:3; 23:4; 31:35
3 Then Job replied to the LORD and said,
God Questions Job
6 Then the aLORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying,Job 38:1
7 “aNow 1gird up your loins like a man,And bI will ask you, and you instruct Me.See note 38:3.Job 38:3Job 38:3; 42:48 “Will you really aannul My judgment and set it aside as void?Will you bcondemn Me your God cthat you may appear to be righteous and justified?Rom 3:4Job 10:3, 7; 16:11; 19:6; 27:2Job 13:18; 27:69 “Have you 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 since you question the Almighty,And array yourself with honor and majesty.Ps 93:1; 104:111 “Pour out athe overflowings of your wrath,And look at everyone who is bproud and make him low.Is 42:25; Nah 1:6, 8Is 2:12; Dan 4:3712 “Look at everyone who is proud, and ahumble him,And if you are so able btread down the wicked where they stand.1 Sam 2:7; Is 2:12; 13:11; Dan 4:37Is 63:313 “Crush and ahide them in the dust together;Shut them up in the hidden place the house of death.Is 2:10-1214 “If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power then I God will also praise you and acknowledgeThat your own right hand can save you.
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
15 “Behold now, 1Behemoth, which aI created as well as you;He eats grass like an ox.Or the hippopotamus. Although Behemoth cannot be identified with certainty, the biblical description seems most like the hippopotamus. In ancient times it may have been even more formidable than today. In Job’s day the hippopotamus was the largest known creature, was commonly found in the lower Nile River, and may also have existed in the Jordan.Job 40:1916 “See now, his strength is in his loinsAnd his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.17 “He sways his tail like a cedar;The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together like a rope.18 “His bones are tubes of bronze;His 1limbs are like bars of iron.Lit bones.
19 “He is the afirst in magnitude and power of the works of God;Only He who bmade him can bring near His sword to master him.Job 41:33Job 40:1520 “Surely the mountains abring him food,And all the wild animals bplay there.Ps 104:14Ps 104:2621 “He lies down under the lotus plants,In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.22 “The lotus plants cover him with their shade;The willows of the brook surround him.23 “If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;He is confident, though the aJordan River swells and rushes against his mouth.Gen 13:1024 “Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,Or pierce his nose with barbs to trap him?