Job 40
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The Lord Challenges Job Again
40 The Lord continued his response to Job by saying:
2 “Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him?[a]
Let God’s accuser answer.”
Job Acknowledges His Limitations
3 Then Job replied to the Lord. He said:
4 “I must look insignificant to you!
How can I answer you?
I’m speechless.[b]
5 I spoke once,
but I can’t answer;
I tried[c] a second time,
but I won’t do so anymore.”
The Lord Continues to Interrogate Job
6 The Lord answered Job from the wind storm and told him:
7 “Stand up[d] like a man!
I’ll ask you some questions,
and you give me some answers!
8 Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me,
just so you can claim that you’re righteous?
9 Do you have strength[e] like God?
Can you create thunder with a sound[f] like he can?”
Can You Save Yourself?
10 “When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty,
clothed yourself with splendor and dignity,[g]
11 dispensed the fury of your anger,
made sure[h] that you have humbled every proud person,
12 stared down and subdued every proud person,
trampled the wicked right where they are,
13 buried[i] them in the dust together,
and sent them bound to that secret place,[j]
14 then I will applaud you myself!
I’ll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!”
On Behemoth
15 “Please observe[k] Behemoth,[l] which I made along with you.
He eats grass like an ox.
16 Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins,
and in the muscles of his abdomen.
17 His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar;[m]
the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.
18 His bones are conduits[n] of bronze;[o]
his strong bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the grandest[p] of God’s undertakings,[q]
yet his creator is approaching him with his sword.[r]
20 Mountains produce food for him,
where all the wild animals frolic.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
hiding under reeds and marshes.[s]
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade,
and willows that line the wadis[t] surround him.
23 What you see as a raging river doesn’t alarm him;
he is confident when the Jordan overflows.
24 Are your eyes looking to capture him,
or to pierce his snout with a bridle?”
Footnotes
- Job 40:2 The Heb. lacks him
- Job 40:4 Lit. I put my hand over my mouth
- Job 40:5 The Heb. lacks tried
- Job 40:7 Lit. Gird up your loins
- Job 40:9 Lit. have an arm
- Job 40:9 Lit. voice
- Job 40:10 Lit. splendor and majesty
- Job 40:11 Lit. see
- Job 40:13 MT reads hide
- Job 40:13 I.e. the afterlife
- Job 40:15 Lit. look
- Job 40:15 I.e. an ancient, gigantic herbivore, living in Job’s time but now apparently extinct
- Job 40:17 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae
- Job 40:18 Or channels
- Job 40:18 Or copper
- Job 40:19 Or first
- Job 40:19 Lit. ways
- Job 40:19 I.e. God was about to make Behemoth extinct
- Job 40:21 Lit. reed and marsh
- Job 40:22 I.e. seasonal streams that channel water during rain seasons but are dry at other times
Job 40
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Reto de Dios a Job
40 Entonces continuó el Señor y dijo a Job:
2 «¿Podrá el que censura discutir con el Todopoderoso[a](A)?
El que reprende a Dios, responda(B) a esto».
3 ¶Entonces Job respondió al Señor:
4 «Yo soy insignificante; ¿qué puedo yo responderte?
Mi mano pongo sobre la boca(C).
5 -»Una vez he hablado, y no responderé(D);
Aun dos veces, y no añadiré más».
6 ¶Entonces el Señor respondió a Job desde la tormenta(E):
7 «Ciñe ahora tus lomos como un hombre;
Yo te preguntaré, y tú me instruirás(F).
8 -»¿Anularás realmente Mi juicio(G)?
¿Me condenarás(H) para justificarte tú(I)?
9 -»¿Acaso tienes tú un brazo como el de Dios,
Y truenas con una voz como la suya(J)?
10 ¶»Adórnate ahora de majestad y dignidad,
Y vístete de gloria y de esplendor(K).
11 -»Derrama los torrentes de tu ira(L),
Mira a todo soberbio y abátelo(M),
12 Mira a todo soberbio y humíllalo(N),
Y pisotea a los impíos donde están[b](O).
13 -»Escóndelos juntos en el polvo(P);
Átalos[c] en el lugar oculto.
14 -»Entonces Yo también te confesaré[d]
Que tu mano derecha te puede salvar.
15 ¶»Mira a Behemot, al cual hice(Q) como a ti[e],
Que come hierba como el buey.
16 -»Su fuerza está en sus lomos,
Y su vigor en los músculos de su vientre.
17 -»Mueve[f] su cola como un cedro;
Entretejidos están los tendones de sus muslos.
18 -»Sus huesos son tubos de bronce;
Sus miembros[g] como barras de hierro.
19 ¶»Es la primera de las obras[h] de Dios(R);
Que solo su hacedor(S) le acerque su espada.
20 -»Ciertamente alimento le traen los montes(T),
Y todas las bestias del campo retozan allí(U).
21 -»Bajo los lotos se echa,
En lo oculto de las cañas y del pantano.
22 -»Lo cubren los lotos con su sombra;
Los sauces del arroyo lo rodean.
23 -»Si el río ruge[i], él no se alarma;
Tranquilo está, aunque el Jordán(V) se lance hacia su boca.
24 -»¿Lo capturará alguien cuando está vigilando[j]?
¿Perforará alguien su nariz con garfios[k]?
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