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World English Bible

Job 40 (WEBP)

[1] Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
[2] “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
[3] Then Job answered Yahweh,
[4] “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
[5] I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
[6] Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
[7] “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
[8] Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
[9] Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
[10] “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
[11] Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
[12] Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
[13] Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
[14] Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
[15] “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
[16] Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
[17] He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
[18] His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
[19] He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
[20] Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
[21] He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
[22] The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
[23] Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
[24] Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 40 (KJVS)

[1] Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
[2] Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that reproveth God, let him answer it.
[3] Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
[4] Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
[5] Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
[6] Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[7] Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
[8] Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
[9] Hast thou an arm like God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
[10] Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; And array thyself with glory and beauty.
[11] Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: And behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
[12] Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked in their place.
[13] Hide them in the dust together; And bind their faces in secret.
[14] Then will I also confess unto thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
[15] Behold now behemoth, Which I made with thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
[16] Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the navel of his belly.
[17] He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
[18] His bones are as strong pieces of brass; His bones are like bars of iron.
[19] He is the chief of the ways of God: He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
[20] Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field play.
[21] He lieth under the shady trees, In the covert of the reed, and fens.
[22] The shady trees cover him with their shadow; The willows of the brook compass him about.
[23] Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
[24] He taketh it with his eyes: His nose pierceth through snares.

Job 40:15 Or, the elephant, as some think
Job 40:17 Or, he settleth up
Job 40:23 Heb. he oppresseth
Job 40:24 His nose pierceth through snares: Or, will any take him in his sight? or bore his nose with a ginn?

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 40 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Ιωβ () καὶ () εἶπεν ()
[2] Μὴ () κρίσιν () μετὰ () ἱκανοῦ () ἐκκλινεῖ, () ἐλέγχων () θεὸν () ἀποκριθήσεται () αὐτήν; ()
[3] Ὑπολαβὼν () δὲ () Ιωβ () λέγει () τῷ () κυρίῳ ()
[4] Τί () ἔτι () ἐγὼ () κρίνομαι () νουθετούμενος () καὶ () ἐλέγχων () κύριον () ἀκούων () τοιαῦτα () οὐθὲν () ὤν; () Ἐγὼ () δὲ () τίνα () ἀπόκρισιν () δῶ () πρὸς () ταῦτα; () Χεῖρα () θήσω () ἐπὶ () στόματί () μου· ()
[5] ἅπαξ () λελάληκα, () ἐπὶ () δὲ () τῷ () δευτέρῳ () οὐ () προσθήσω. ()
[6] Ἔτι () δὲ () ὑπολαβὼν () ὁ () κύριος () εἶπεν () τῷ () Ιωβ () ἐκ () τοῦ () νέφους ()
[7] Μή, () ἀλλὰ () ζῶσαι () ὥσπερ () ἀνὴρ () τὴν () ὀσφύν () σου, () ἐρωτήσω () δέ () σε, () σὺ () δέ () μοι () ἀποκρίθητι· ()
[8] μὴ () ἀποποιοῦ μου () τὸ () κρίμα. () Οἴει () δέ () με () ἄλλως () σοι () κεχρηματικέναι () ἢ () ἵνα () ἀναφανῇς () δίκαιος; ()
[9] Ἦ () βραχίων () σοί () ἐστιν () κατὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου, () ἢ () φωνῇ () κατ’ () αὐτὸν () βροντᾷς;
[10] Ἀνάλαβε () δὴ () ὕψος () καὶ () δύναμιν, () δόξαν () δὲ () καὶ () τιμὴν () ἀμφίεσαι· ()
[11] ἀπόστειλον () δὲ () ἀγγέλους () ὀργῇ, () πᾶν () δὲ () ὑβριστὴν () ταπείνωσον, ()
[12] ὑπερήφανον () δὲ () σβέσον, () σῆψον () δὲ () ἀσεβεῖς () παραχρῆμα, ()
[13] κρύψον () δὲ () εἰς () γῆν () ἔξω () ὁμοθυμαδόν, () τὰ () δὲ () πρόσωπα () αὐτῶν () ἀτιμίας () ἔμπλησον· ()
[14] ὁμολογήσω () ἄρα () ὅτι () δύναται () ἡ () δεξιά () σου () σῶσαι. ()—
[15] ἀλλὰ () δὴ () ἰδοὺ () θηρία () παρὰ () σοί· () χόρτον () ἴσα () βουσὶν () ἐσθίει. ()
[16] Ἰδοὺ () δὴ () ἰσχὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐπ’ () ὀσφύι, () ἡ () δὲ () δύναμις () ἐπ’ () ὀμφαλοῦ γαστρός· ()
[17] ἔστησεν () οὐρὰν () ὡς () κυπάρισσον, τὰ () δὲ () νεῦρα αὐτοῦ () συμπέπλεκται·
[18] αἱ () πλευραὶ () αὐτοῦ () πλευραὶ () χάλκειαι, ἡ () δὲ () ῥάχις αὐτοῦ () σίδηρος () χυτός.
[19] Τοῦτ’ () ἔστιν () ἀρχὴ () πλάσματος () κυρίου, () πεποιημένον () ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ () τῶν () ἀγγέλων () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Ἐπελθὼν () δὲ () ἐπ’ () ὄρος () ἀκρότομον ἐποίησεν () χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν () ἐν () τῷ () ταρτάρῳ·
[21] ὑπὸ () παντοδαπὰ δένδρα () κοιμᾶται () παρὰ () πάπυρον καὶ () κάλαμον () καὶ () βούτομον·
[22] σκιάζονται δὲ () ἐν () αὐτῷ () δένδρα () μεγάλα () σὺν () ῥαδάμνοις καὶ () κλῶνες ἄγνου.
[23] Ἐὰν () γένηται () πλήμμυρα, () οὐ () μὴ () αἰσθηθῇ, () πέποιθεν () ὅτι () προσκρούσει ὁ () Ιορδάνης () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Ἐν () τῷ () ὀφθαλμῷ () αὐτοῦ () δέξεται () αὐτόν, () ἐνσκολιευόμενος τρήσει ῥῖνα;—

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.