Job 39 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 40

¹Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

KJVMoreover the LORD^H3068 answered^H6030^(H8799) Job^H347, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

KJVShall he that contendeth^H7378^(H8800) with the Almighty^H7706 instruct^H3250 him? he that reproveth^H3198^(H8688) God^H433, let him answer^H6030^(H8799) it.

³ Then Job answered Yahweh,

KJVThen Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) the LORD^H3068, and said^H559^(H8799),

⁴ “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

KJVBehold, I am vile^H7043^(H8804); what shall I answer^H7725^(H8686) thee? I will lay^H7760^(H8804) mine hand^H3027 upon^H3926 my mouth^H6310.

⁵ I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

KJVOnce^H259 have I spoken^H1696^(H8765); but I will not answer^H6030^(H8799): yea, twice^H8147; but I will proceed no further^H3254^(H8686).

⁶ Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 unto Job^H347 out of the whirlwind^H5591, and said^H559^(H8799),

⁷ “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

KJVGird up^H247^(H8798) thy loins^H2504 now like a man^H1397: I will demand^H7592^(H8799) of thee, and declare^H3045^(H8685) thou unto me.

⁸ Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

KJVWilt thou also disannul^H6565^(H8686) my judgment^H4941? wilt thou condemn^H7561^(H8686) me, that thou mayest be righteous^H6663^(H8799)?

⁹ Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

KJVHast thou an arm^H2220 like God^H410? or canst thou thunder^H7481^(H8686) with a voice^H6963 like him?

¹⁰ “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

KJVDeck^H5710^(H8798) thyself now with majesty^H1347 and excellency^H1363; and array^H3847^(H8799) thyself with glory^H1935 and beauty^H1926.

¹¹ Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

KJVCast abroad^H6327^(H8685) the rage^H5678 of thy wrath^H639: and behold^H7200^(H8798) every one that is proud^H1343, and abase^H8213^(H8685) him.

¹² Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

KJVLook^H7200^(H8798) on every one that is proud^H1343, and bring him low^H3665^(H8685); and tread down^H1915^(H8798) the wicked^H7563 in their place.

¹³ Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

KJVHide^H2934^(H8798) them in the dust^H6083 together^H3162; and bind^H2280^(H8798) their faces^H6440 in secret^H2934^(H8803).

¹⁴ Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

KJVThen will I also confess^H3034^(H8686) unto thee that thine own right hand^H3225 can save^H3467^(H8686) thee.

¹⁵ “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

KJVBehold now behemoth^H930, which I made^H6213^(H8804) with thee; he eateth^H398^(H8799) grass^H2682 as an ox^H1241.

¹⁶ Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

KJVLo now, his strength^H3581 is in his loins^H4975, and his force^H202 is in the navel^H8306 of his belly^H990.

¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

KJVHe moveth^H2654^(H8799) his tail^H2180 like a cedar^H730: the sinews^H1517 of his stones^H6344 are wrapped together^H8276^(H8792).

¹⁸ His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.

KJVHis bones^H6106 are as strong^H650 pieces of brass^H5154; his bones^H1634 are like bars^H4300 of iron^H1270.

¹⁹ He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

KJVHe is the chief^H7225 of the ways^H1870 of God^H410: he that made^H6213^(H8802) him can make^H5066 his sword^H2719 to approach^H5066^(H8686) unto him.

²⁰ Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

KJVSurely the mountains^H2022 bring him forth^H5375^(H8799) food^H944, where all the beasts^H2416 of the field^H7704 play^H7832^(H8762).

²¹ He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

KJVHe lieth^H7901^(H8799) under the shady trees^H6628, in the covert^H5643 of the reed^H7070, and fens^H1207.

²² The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

KJVThe shady trees^H6628 cover^H5526^(H8799) him with their shadow^H6752; the willows^H6155 of the brook^H5158 compass him about^H5437^(H8799).

²³ Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

KJVBehold, he drinketh up^H6231^(H8799) a river^H5104, and hasteth^H2648^(H8799) not: he trusteth^H982^(H8799) that he can draw up^H1518^(H8799) Jordan^H3383 into his mouth^H6310.

²⁴ Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

KJVHe taketh^H3947^(H8799) it with his eyes^H5869: his nose^H639 pierceth through^H5344^(H8799) snares^H4170.

WEB·Job 39

¹“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

KJVKnowest^H3045^(H8804) thou the time^H6256 when the wild goats^H3277 of the rock^H5553 bring forth^H3205^(H8800)? or canst thou mark^H8104^(H8799) when the hinds^H355 do calve^H2342^(H8790)?

² Can you count the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

KJVCanst thou number^H5608^(H8799) the months^H3391 that they fulfil^H4390^(H8762)? or knowest^H3045^(H8804) thou the time^H6256 when they bring forth^H3205^(H8800)?

³ They bow themselves. They bear their young. They end their labor pains.

KJVThey bow^H3766^(H8799) themselves, they bring forth^H6398^(H8762) their young ones^H3206, they cast out^H7971^(H8762) their sorrows^H2256.

⁴ Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go out, and don’t return again.

KJVTheir young ones^H1121 are in good liking^H2492^(H8799), they grow up^H7235^(H8799) with corn^H1250; they go forth^H3318^(H8804), and return^H7725^(H8804) not unto them.

⁵ “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

KJVWho hath sent out^H7971^(H8765) the wild ass^H6501 free^H2670? or who hath loosed^H6605^(H8765) the bands^H4147 of the wild ass^H6171?

⁶ whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?

KJVWhose house^H1004 I have made^H7760^(H8804) the wilderness^H6160, and the barren^H4420 land his dwellings^H4908.

⁷ He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.

KJVHe scorneth^H7832^(H8799) the multitude^H1995 of the city^H7151, neither regardeth^H8085^(H8799) he the crying^H8663 of the driver^H5065^(H8802).

⁸ The range of the mountains is his pasture. He searches after every green thing.

KJVThe range^H3491 of the mountains^H2022 is his pasture^H4829, and he searcheth^H1875^(H8799) after^H310 every green thing^H3387.

⁹ “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

KJVWill the unicorn^H7214 be willing^H14^(H8799) to serve^H5647^(H8800) thee, or abide^H3885^(H8799) by thy crib^H18?

¹⁰ Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

KJVCanst thou bind^H7194^(H8799) the unicorn^H7214 with his band^H5688 in the furrow^H8525? or will he harrow^H7702^(H8762) the valleys^H6010 after^H310 thee?

¹¹ Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

KJVWilt thou trust^H982^(H8799) him, because his strength^H3581 is great^H7227? or wilt thou leave^H5800^(H8799) thy labour^H3018 to him?

¹² Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

KJVWilt thou believe^H539^(H8686) him, that he will bring home^H7725^(H8686)^(H8675)^H7725^(H8799) thy seed^H2233, and gather^H622^(H8799) it into thy barn^H1637?

¹³ “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the feathers and plumage of love?

KJVGavest thou the goodly^H7443 wings^H3671 unto the peacocks^H5965^(H8738)? or wings^H84 and feathers^H2624 unto the ostrich^H5133?

¹⁴ For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,

KJVWhich leaveth^H5800^(H8799) her eggs^H1000 in the earth^H776, and warmeth^H2552^(H8762) them in dust^H6083,

¹⁵ and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

KJVAnd forgetteth^H7911^(H8799) that the foot^H7272 may crush^H2115^(H8799) them, or that the wild^H7704 beast^H2416 may break^H1758^(H8799) them.

¹⁶ She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

KJVShe is hardened^H7188^(H8689) against her young ones^H1121, as though they were not^H3808 hers: her labour^H3018 is in vain^H7385 without fear^H6343;

¹⁷ because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

KJVBecause God^H433 hath deprived^H5382^(H8689) her of wisdom^H2451, neither hath he imparted^H2505^(H8804) to her understanding^H998.

¹⁸ When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

KJVWhat time^H6256 she lifteth up^H4754^(H8686) herself on high^H4791, she scorneth^H7832^(H8799) the horse^H5483 and his rider^H7392^(H8802).

¹⁹ “Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

KJVHast thou given^H5414^(H8799) the horse^H5483 strength^H1369? hast thou clothed^H3847^(H8686) his neck^H6677 with thunder^H7483?

²⁰ Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

KJVCanst thou make him afraid^H7493^(H8686) as a grasshopper^H697? the glory^H1935 of his nostrils^H5170 is terrible^H367.

²¹ He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

KJVHe paweth^H2658^(H8799) in the valley^H6010, and rejoiceth^H7797^(H8799) in his strength^H3581: he goeth on^H3318^(H8799) to meet^H7125^(H8800) the armed men^H5402.

²² He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

KJVHe mocketh^H7832^(H8799) at fear^H6343, and is not affrighted^H2865^(H8735); neither turneth he back^H7725^(H8799) from^H6440 the sword^H2719.

²³ The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

KJVThe quiver^H827 rattleth^H7439^(H8799) against him, the glittering^H3851 spear^H2595 and the shield^H3591.

²⁴ He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

KJVHe swalloweth^H1572^(H8762) the ground^H776 with fierceness^H7494 and rage^H7267: neither believeth^H539^(H8686) he that it is the sound^H6963 of the trumpet^H7782.

²⁵ As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

KJVHe saith^H559^(H8799) among^H1767 the trumpets^H7782, Ha^H1889, ha^H1889; and he smelleth^H7306^(H8686) the battle^H4421 afar off^H7350, the thunder^H7482 of the captains^H8269, and the shouting^H8643.

²⁶ “Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

KJVDoth the hawk^H5322 fly^H82^(H8686) by thy wisdom^H998, and stretch^H6566^(H8799) her wings^H3671 toward the south^H8486?

²⁷ Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

KJVDoth the eagle^H5404 mount up^H1361^(H8686) at thy command^H6310, and make^H7311 her nest^H7064 on high^H7311^(H8686)?

²⁸ On the cliff he dwells and makes his home, on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.

KJVShe dwelleth^H7931^(H8799) and abideth^H3885^(H8698) on the rock^H5553, upon the crag^H8127 of the rock^H5553, and the strong place^H4686.

²⁹ From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

KJVFrom thence she seeketh^H2658^(H8804) the prey^H400, and her eyes^H5869 behold^H5027^(H8686) afar off^H7350.

³⁰ His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”

KJVHer young ones^H667 also suck up^H5966^(H8762) blood^H1818: and where the slain^H2491 are, there is she^H1931.

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