# Job 40 ## Job 40:1 - [KJV] Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, - [ASV] Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said, - [YLT] And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 40:1 - ## Job 40:2 - [KJV] Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct *him*? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. - [ASV] Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. - [YLT] Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it. ### Notes on Job 40:2 - ## Job 40:3 - [KJV] Then Job answered the LORD, and said, - [ASV] Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, - [YLT] And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 40:3 - ## Job 40:4 - [KJV] Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. - [ASV] Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. - [YLT] Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth. ### Notes on Job 40:4 - ## Job 40:5 - [KJV] Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. - [ASV] Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. - [YLT] Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not. ### Notes on Job 40:5 - ## Job 40:6 - [KJV] Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, - [ASV] Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, - [YLT] And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 40:6 - ## Job 40:7 - [KJV] Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. - [ASV] Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. - [YLT] Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. ### Notes on Job 40:7 - ## Job 40:8 - [KJV] Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? - [ASV] Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? - [YLT] Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous? ### Notes on Job 40:8 - ## Job 40:9 - [KJV] Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? - [ASV] Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? - [YLT] And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder? ### Notes on Job 40:9 - ## Job 40:10 - [KJV] Deck thyself now *with* majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. - [ASV] Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. - [YLT] Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on. ### Notes on Job 40:10 - ## Job 40:11 - [KJV] Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one *that is* proud, and abase him. - [ASV] Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. - [YLT] Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low. ### Notes on Job 40:11 - ## Job 40:12 - [KJV] Look on every one *that is* proud, *and* bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. - [ASV] Look on every one that is proud, *and* bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. - [YLT] See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place. ### Notes on Job 40:12 - ## Job 40:13 - [KJV] Hide them in the dust together; *and* bind their faces in secret. - [ASV] Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden *place*. - [YLT] Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret. ### Notes on Job 40:13 - ## Job 40:14 - [KJV] Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. - [ASV] Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee. - [YLT] And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee. ### Notes on Job 40:14 - ## Job 40:15 - [KJV] Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. - [ASV] Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox. - [YLT] Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth. ### Notes on Job 40:15 - ## Job 40:16 - [KJV] Lo now, his strength *is* in his loins, and his force *is* in the navel of his belly. - [ASV] Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly. - [YLT] Lo, I pray thee, his power *is* in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly. ### Notes on Job 40:16 - ## Job 40:17 - [KJV] He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. - [ASV] He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. - [YLT] He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together, ### Notes on Job 40:17 - ## Job 40:18 - [KJV] His bones *are as* strong pieces of brass; his bones *are* like bars of iron. - [ASV] His bones are *as* tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron. - [YLT] His bones *are* tubes of brass, His bones *are* as a bar of iron. ### Notes on Job 40:18 - ## Job 40:19 - [KJV] He *is* the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach *unto him*. - [ASV] He is the chief of the ways of God: He *only* that made him giveth him his sword. - [YLT] He *is* a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword; ### Notes on Job 40:19 - ## Job 40:20 - [KJV] Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. - [ASV] Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play. - [YLT] For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there. ### Notes on Job 40:20 - ## Job 40:21 - [KJV] He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. - [ASV] He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. - [YLT] Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire. ### Notes on Job 40:21 - ## Job 40:22 - [KJV] The shady trees cover him *with* their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. - [ASV] The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about. - [YLT] Cover him do shades, *with* their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook. ### Notes on Job 40:22 - ## Job 40:23 - [KJV] Behold, he drinketh up a river, *and* hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. - [ASV] Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth. - [YLT] Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth. ### Notes on Job 40:23 - ## Job 40:24 - [KJV] He taketh it with his eyes: *his* nose pierceth through snares. - [ASV] Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? - [YLT] Before his eyes doth *one* take him, With snares doth *one* pierce the nose? ### Notes on Job 40:24 -