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JOB 40:6–41:34 ©

God’s response to Iyyov

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40:6 God’s response to Iyyov

6Then Yahweh again spoke to Iyyov from inside the storm:

7Now tuck up your robe like a man going into battle.

I will question you, and you must answer me.

8Would you actually invalidate my judgement?

Would you condemn me so you can declare yourself right?

9Is your arm as powerful as God’s?

Can you thunder with a voice like his?

10Then embellish yourself with majesty and greatness,

and dress yourself with honour and splendour.

11Let your fierce anger loose,

and take every proud person on and bring them down.

12Take note of every proud person and humble them.

Crush wicked people where they stand.

13Bury them together in the dust.

Imprison them in the grave.

14Then I’d even admit to you

that you can save yourself with your own strength.


15Now look at the sauropod which I made on the same day as you.

It eats grass like a cow.

16Notice the strength in his thighs,

and the power of his stomach muscles.

17It bends its tail like a cedar tree.

Its thigh tendons are tightly strung.

18Its bones are like bronze pipes.

Its legs are like iron rods.

19It’s at the beginning of God’s paths. ???

The creator has let him bring his sword near. ???

20The hills provide produce for it,

and all the animals in the countryside play there.

21It lies under the lotus trees,

hidden in the reeds in the marsh.

22The lotus trees cover it with their shade.

The poplars in the riverbed surround it.

23If the river gets violent, it doesn’t rush out.

It remains confident even when the Jordan River surges to his mouth.

24Can anyone capture it while its eyes watch?

Is there anyone who can make a snare to pierce its nose?

41Can you pull the sea dragon with a hook,[ref]

or tie his tongue down with a rope?

2Can you put a leash into its nose,

or pierce its jaw with a harpoon?

3Will it beg you over and over for mercy?

Maybe if it says tender things to you?

4Will it make an agreement with you?

Might you take it as a slave for the rest of its life?

5Will you play with it like with a pet,

and tie it on a leash for your girls?

6Will your team set a price on the whole creature?

Will they divide it up among the merchants?

7Can you fill its hide with harpoons,

or its head with fishing spears?

8Put your hand on it and you’ll remember the battle—

don’t do it!

9What hope would you have against it?

Aren’t you put off just from looking at it?

10No one’s fierce enough to wake it up,

so how might you expect to stand up to me?

11Who has confronted me with any claim that I should repay?

Everything under the sky belongs to me.

12I won’t keep quiet about its limbs,

or about its strength and the beauty of its form.

13Who can remove its armour plating at the front,

or penetrate beyond its chestplate?

14Who can open its jaws,

when there’s terror all around its teeth?

15Rows of scales are its pride,

fitting into each other with a tight seal.

16Each one is very close to the next,

and no air can get between them.

17The lock tightly to their next door neighbour.

They cling together and can’t be separated.

18Its snorting causes flashes of light,

and its eyes are like the early rays of dawn.

19Flames come from its mouth.

Sparks of fire leap out.

20Smoke pours from its nostrils,

like a boiling pot with a hollow reed in it.

21Its breath sets coals on fire,

and a flame comes out of its mouth.

22There’s incredible strength in its neck,

and fear always goes ahead of it.

23The folds of his body are joined tightly together—

so firm that they can’t be moved.

24His chest is hard like stone—

yes, as solid as the bottom mill-stone.

25When it rises up, even mighty men are afraid.

They retreat if they see it thrashing around.

26Striking it with a sword would have no effect,

nor would a spear, arrow, or dart.

27Iron is like straw to the sea dragon,

and bronze like rotten wood.

28Nothing shot with a bow can make it turn away—

For it, stones from a sling are like bits of straw.

29Heavy clubs are just like a grain stalk,

and it laughs at the rattling of a spear.

30Its underbelly is sharp like broken pottery.

It tears up the mud like a sledge for threshing grain.

31It makes the deep ocean boil like a pot.

It makes the sea swirl like a jar of ointment.

32It leaves a glistening wake behind it—

you’d think that the deep water had white hair.

33There’s no equal to it on the earth—

the creature that was made to have no fear.

34It looks down on all those who think they’re powerful.

It’s the king of all those who’re proud.


6and_answered YHWH DOM ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) wwww[fn] from[fn] and_said.
7Gird_up please like_man loins_yourself question_you and_declare_me.
8Even will_you_annul justice_my condemn_me so_that you_may_be_justified.
9And_if [does]_an_arm like_THE_god to/for_you(fs) and_in/on/at/with_voice like_his will_you_thunder.
10Adorn_yourself please majesty[fn] and_dignity and_glory and_splendor you_will_be_clothed.
11Scatter the_furi(es) anger_your and_look_on every proud_[person] and_abase_him.
12See every proud_[person] humble_him and_tread_down wicked_[people] where_stand_they.
13Hide_them in/on/at/with_dust together faces_their bind_up in/on/at/with_grave.
14And_also I confess_you if/because_that it_will_save to/for_yourself(m) right_hand_your_own.
15There please Behemoth which I_made just_as_you grass like_the_ox it_eats.
16There please strength_its in/on/at/with_loins_his and_power_its in/on/at/with_muscles belly_his.
17It_stiffens tail_his like a_cedar the_tendons thighs_his[fn] they_are_intertwined.
18Bones_his [are]_tubes of_bronze limbs_his like_rods of_iron.
19It[fn] [is]_the_first of_the_ways of_god the_maker_his let_him_bring_near sword_his.
20If/because produce [the]_mountains they_carry to_him/it and_all (the)_animal the_field they_play there.
21Under thorny_lotus_plants it_lies in/on/at/with_covert of_reed[s] and_marsh.
22Cover_him thorny_lotus_plants shade_their surround_him [the]_poplars of_[the]_wadi.
23There it_is_violent [the]_river not it_makes_haste it_is_confident if/because it_bursts_forth [the]_Yardēn/(Jordan) to mouth_his.
24In/on/at/with_eyes_he capture_him in/on/at/with_snare will_anyone_pierce a_nose.
25[fn] will_you_draw_out Leviathan in/on/at/with_fishhook and_in/on/at/with_cord will_you_make_sink tongue_his.
26[fn] put a_cord in/on/at/with_nose_his and_in/on/at/with_hook will_you_pierce jaw_his.
27[fn] make_many to_you supplications or will_it_speak to_you soft_[words].
28[fn] make a_covenant with_you take_him as_slave of_perpetuity.
29[fn] the_play in/on/over_him/it[fn] as_a_bird and_put_ona_leash_him for_girls_your.
30[fn] will_they_barter on/upon/above_him/it partners divide_him between merchants.
31[fn] the_fill in/on/at/with_harpoons skin_his and_in/on/at/with_spears of_fish(es) his/its_head.
32[fn] put on/upon/above_him/it hand_your remember [the]_battle do_not repeat.
41[fn] there hope_it it_is_proved_a_lie even because_of sight_him everyone_is_hurled_down.
2[fn] not fierce (cmp) rouse_him and_who that to/for_my_face/front will_he_take_his_stand.
3[fn] who confront_me and_repay under all the_heavens to_me it.
4[fn] wwww[fn] I_will_keep_silent limbs_his and_concerning of_strength(s) and_graceful frame_his.
5[fn] who has_he_uncovered the_surface covering_his in/on/at/with_double bridle_its who will_he_come.
6[fn] the_doors face_his who has_he_opened [is]_around teeth_his terror.
7[fn] pride [is]_rows of_shields [it_is]_shut_up a_seal tight.
8[fn] one in/on/at/with_another they_draw_near and_spirit not it_goes between_them.
9[fn] each in/on/at/with_another_him they_are_joined_together they_grasp_one_another and_not they_are_separated.
10[fn] snorting_his it_flashes_forth light and_eyes_his like_eyelids of_dawn.
11[fn] from_mouth_his torches they_go sparks of_fire they_escape.
12[fn] from_nostrils_his it_goes_forth smoke as_pot blown_upon and_rushes.
13[fn] breath_his coals it_sets_ablaze and_flame from_mouth_his it_goes_forth.
14[fn] in/on/at/with_neck_his it_lodges strength and_before_face/front_him it_leaps dismay.
15[fn] the_hanging_parts flesh_his they_cling [it_is]_hard on/upon/above_him/it not it_is_moved.
16[fn] his/its_heart [is]_hard like a_stone and_hard as_as_grinding_stone lower.
17[fn] when_raises_up_he they_are_afraid mighty_ones because_of_thrashing they_are_bewildered.
18[fn] reaches_him a_sword not it_is_established a_spear a_dart and_javelin.
19[fn] it_considers as_straw iron as_wood of_rottenness bronze.
20[fn] not flee_him [the]_son of_a_bow to_stubble they_are_changed to_him/it stones of_a_sling.
21[fn] as_stubble they_are_regarded a_club and_laughs at_rattle of_a_javelin.
22[fn] underparts_his sharp_points of_potsherd[s] it_spreads_out a_threshing_sledge on mud.
23[fn] it_makes_boil like_a_pot [the]_deep [the]_sea it_makes like_a_pot_of_ointment.
24[fn] behind_him it_makes_shine a_path anyone_considers the_deep to_gray_hair.
25[fn] there_[is]_not on [the]_dust equal_it the_creature to/for_without terror.
26[fn] DOM every exalted_[one] it_sees it [is]_king over all [the]_sons of_pride.

40:6 Note: Marks a word with a final consonant that is a medial (not a final) form.

40:6 Variant note: מנ סערה: (x-qere) ’מִ֥ן’: lemma_4480 a morph_HR id_189N7 מִ֥ן׀ ׀’סְעָרָ֗ה’: lemma_5591 b n_1 morph_HNcfsa id_18vNp סְעָרָ֗ה

40:10 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

40:17 Variant note: פחד/ו: (x-qere) ’פַחֲדָ֣י/ו’: lemma_6344 morph_HNcmdc/Sp3ms id_18SUy פַחֲדָ֣י/ו

40:19 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

40:25 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.1

40:26 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.2

40:27 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.3

40:28 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.4

40:29 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.5

40:29 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

40:30 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.6

40:31 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.7

40:32 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.8

41:1 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.9

41:2 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.10

41:3 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.11

41:4 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.12

41:4 Variant note: לא: (x-qere) ’לֽ/וֹ’: lemma_l morph_HR/Sp3ms id_18m8G לֽ/וֹ

41:5 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.13

41:6 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.14

41:7 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.15

41:8 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.16

41:9 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.17

41:10 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.18

41:11 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.19

41:12 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.20

41:13 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.21

41:14 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.22

41:15 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.23

41:16 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.24

41:17 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.25

41:18 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.26

41:19 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.27

41:20 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.28

41:21 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.29

41:22 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.30

41:23 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.31

41:24 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.32

41:25 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.33

41:26 Note: KJB: ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).41.34

JOB 40:6–41:34 ©

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