Job 40-42
Christian Standard Bible
40 The Lord answered Job:
2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.[a]
3 Then Job answered the Lord:
4 I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?(A)
I place my hand over my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing.(B)
6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:(C)
7 Get ready to answer me like a man;
when I question(D) you, you will inform me.
8 Would you really challenge my justice?
Would you declare me guilty(E) to justify yourself?(F)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself with majesty(G) and splendor,
and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 Pour out your raging anger;(H)
look on every proud person and humiliate him.(I)
12 Look on every proud person and humble him;(J)
trample the wicked where they stand.[b]
13 Hide them together in the dust;
imprison them in the grave.[c]
14 Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand(K) can deliver you.(L)
15 Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you.
He eats grass like cattle.
16 Look at the strength of his back[d]
and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
18 His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
19 He is the foremost of God’s works;(M)
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.
21 He lies under the lotus plants,
hiding in the protection[e] of marshy reeds.
22 Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.
23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him while he looks on,[f]
or pierce his nose with snares?
41 Can you pull in Leviathan(N) with a hook(O)
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord[g] through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?(P)
3 Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?
4 Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?(Q)
5 Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash[h] for your girls?
6 Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay a[i] hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!
9 Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
10 No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;(R)
who then can stand against me?
11 Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.(S)
12 I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.
13 Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?[j](T)
14 Who can open his jaws,[k]
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
16 One scale is so close to another[l]
that no air can pass between them.
17 They are joined to one another,
so closely connected[m] they cannot be separated.
18 His snorting[n] flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays[o] of dawn.
19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!
20 Smoke billows from his nostrils(U)
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.
22 Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal[p] and immovable.
24 His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty[q] are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.
26 The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
27 He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs(V) at the sound of a javelin.
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.(W)
31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;[r]
one would think the deep had gray hair!
33 He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!
34 He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.[s]
Job Replies to the Lord
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 I[t] know that you can do anything
and no plan of yours can be thwarted.(X)
3 You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”(Y)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wondrous for me to[u] know.(Z)
4 You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question(AA) you, you will inform me.”
5 I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(AB) have seen you.
6 Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[v][w]
7 After the Lord had finished speaking[x] to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you.(AC) I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” 9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
God Restores Job
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.(AD) 11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances(AE) came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver[y](AF) and a gold earring.(AG)
12 So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.(AH) 15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
16 Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 Then Job died, old and full of days.(AI)
Footnotes
- 40:2 Lit God respond to it
- 40:12 Lit wicked in their place
- 40:13 Lit together; bind their faces in the hidden place
- 40:16 Or waist
- 40:21 Lit plants, in the hiding place
- 40:24 Lit capture it in its eyes
- 41:2 Lit reed
- 41:5 Lit or bind him
- 41:8 Lit your
- 41:13 LXX; MT reads double bridle
- 41:14 Lit open the doors of his face
- 41:16 Lit One by one they approach
- 41:17 Lit another; they cling together and
- 41:18 Or sneezing
- 41:18 Lit eyelids
- 41:23 Lit together, hard on him
- 41:25 Or the divine beings
- 41:32 Lit a path
- 41:34 Lit the children of pride
- 42:2 Alt Hb tradition reads You
- 42:3 Lit me, and I did not
- 42:6 LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
- 42:6 Lit I reject and I relent, concerning dust and ashes
- 42:7 Lit speaking these words
- 42:11 Lit a qesitah; the value of this currency is unknown
Psalm 150
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 150
Praise the Lord
1 Hallelujah!
Praise God in his sanctuary.
Praise him in his mighty expanse.(A)
2 Praise him for his powerful acts;(B)
praise him for his abundant greatness.(C)
3 Praise him with the blast of a ram’s horn;(D)
praise him with harp and lyre.(E)
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;(F)
praise him with strings and flute.(G)
5 Praise him with resounding cymbals;
praise him with clashing cymbals.(H)
6 Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.(I)
Hallelujah!
Revelation 22
Christian Standard Bible
The Source of Life
22 Then he showed me the river[a] of the water of life,(A) clear as crystal,(B) flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb(C) 2 down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.(D) The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,(E) 3 and there will no longer be any curse.(F) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face,(G) and his name will be on their foreheads.(H) 5 Night will be no more;(I) people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light,(J) and they will reign forever and ever.
The Time Is Near
6 Then he said to me, “These words are faithful[b] and true.(K) The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,[c] has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”(L)
7 “Look, I am coming soon!(M) Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”(N)
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!” (O)
10 Then he said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.(P) 11 Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy still be filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; let the holy still be holy.”(Q)
12 “Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me(R) to repay each person according to his work.(S) 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, (T) the first and the last,(U) the beginning and the end.(V)
14 “Blessed (W) are those who wash their robes,[d] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs, (X) the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(Y)
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root(Z) and descendant of David,(AA) the bright morning star.”(AB)
17 Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let anyone who hears, say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.(AC)
18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, which are written about in this book.(AD)
20 He who testifies about these things(AE) says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!(AF)
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus[e] be with everyone.[f] Amen.[g]
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