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The Lord’s Second Speech[a]

Then the Lord answered[b] Job from the whirlwind:

“Get ready for a difficult task[c] like a man.
I will question you and you will inform me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:6 sn The speech can be divided into three parts: the invitation to Job to assume the throne and rule the world (40:7-14), the description of Behemoth (40:15-24), and the description of Leviathan (41:1-34).
  2. Job 40:6 sn See note at Job 38:1.
  3. Job 40:7 tn See note on “task” in 38:3.

Yahweh Challenges Job Again

Then[a] Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man,[b]
and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:6 Or “And”
  2. Job 40:7 Literally “Gird up like a man your loins”