| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, | 1Then the LORD answered Job: |
| 2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. | 2"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" |
| 3Then Job answered the LORD, and said, | 3Then Job answered the LORD: |
| 4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. | 4"Indeed, I am completely unworthy--how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. |
| 5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. | 5I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." |
| 6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, | 6Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: |
| 7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. | 7"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! |
| 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? | 8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? |
| 9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? | 9Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? |
| 10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. | 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! |
| 11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. | 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; |
| 12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. | 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! |
| 13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. | 13Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. |
| 14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. | 14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. |
| 15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. | 15"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. |
| 16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. | 16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. |
| 17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. | 17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. |
| 18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. | 18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. |
| 19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. | 19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. |
| 20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. | 20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. |
| 21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. | 21Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. |
| 22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. | 22The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. |
| 23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. | 23If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. |
| 24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. | 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? |
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