Job 40
Svenska Folkbibeln
Herrens andra tal till Job
40 Då talade Herren till Job ur stormvinden. Han sade:
2 Spänn bältet om livet som en man.
Jag vill fråga dig, och du skall svara mig.
3 Vill du göra min rätt om intet,
vill du döma mig skyldig för att själv stå rättfärdig?
4 Har du en sådan arm som Gud,
och kan du dundra med din röst som han?
5 Pryd dig då med storhet och härlighet,
kläd dig i ära och majestät.
6 Sprid ut din vredes förbittring,
ödmjuka de högmodiga med en blick.
7 Underkuva alla högmodiga med en blick,
slå ner de ogudaktiga på stället.
8 Göm dem alla i stoftet,
fjättra deras ansikten i mörkret.
9 Då vill också jag prisa dig
för den frälsning som din högra hand givit dig.
10 Se Behemot,[a] som jag skapat liksom dig.
Han lever av gräs som en oxe.
11 Se kraften i hans länder
och styrkan i hans buks muskler.
12 Han bär sin svans så styv som en ceder,
senorna i hans lår är väl sammanvävda.
13 Hans benpipor är som rör av koppar,
benen liknar järnstänger.
14 Han är förstlingen av Guds verk,
men hans skapare kan dra sitt svärd mot honom.
15 Bergen bär fram mat åt honom,
och alla de vilda djuren har där sin lek.
16 Han lägger sig ner under lotusträd,
i skydd av rör och vass.
17 Lotusträd ger honom skugga,
pilträdets grenar i floden omger honom.
18 Om än floden är våldsam ängslas han ej,
om än Jordan forsar mot hans gap är han trygg.
19 Kan någon gripa tag i hans ögon
eller borra snaror genom hans nos?
20 Kan du dra upp Leviatan[b] med krok
eller få makt över hans tunga med rep?
21 Kan du föra in ett sävstrå i hans näsa
eller borra en hake genom hans käke?
22 Kommer han att vädja mycket till dig om nåd
eller tala mjuka ord till dig?
23 Kommer han att sluta fördrag med dig,
så att du kan ta honom till slav för alltid?
24 Kan du leka med honom som med en fågel
eller hålla honom i band åt dina tjänarinnor?
25 Brukar fiskarlag köpslå om honom
och dela honom mellan köpmän?
26 Kan du fylla hans hud med harpuner
och hans huvud med kastspjut?
27 Bär hand på honom,
och du skall komma ihåg den striden och aldrig mer göra om det!
28 Se, den som hoppas på seger blir besviken,
redan vid åsynen av honom är han slagen.
Job 40
New King James Version
God’s Power and Wisdom
40 Moreover the Lord (A)answered Job, and said:
2 “Shall (B)the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who (C)rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job’s Response to God
3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4 “Behold,(D) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
(E)I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
God’s Challenge to Job
6 (F)Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
8 “Would(I) you indeed [b]annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9 Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with (J)a voice like His?
10 (K)Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is (L)proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15 “Look now at the [c]behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the (M)ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20 Surely the mountains (N)yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
23 Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24 Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
Job 40
King James Version
40 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.
1996, 1998 by Stiftelsen Svenska Folkbibeln
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
