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Job 40 (NET)

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Job 40:1¹Then the Lord answered Job:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:1 Job 40:6

Job 40:2²“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:16 Isa 40:14 Rom 11:34-36 Job 33:13 Isa 45:9-11 Isa 50:8 Matt 20:11 Rom 9:19-23 Ezek 18:2 Job 27:2

Job 40:3³Then Job answered the Lord:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Job 40:4⁴“Indeed, I am completely unworthy —how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 30:32 Job 29:9 Job 21:5 Job 42:6 Ezra 9:6 Gen 18:27 Judg 18:19 1 Tim 1:15 Gen 32:10 Isa 6:5

Job 40:5⁵I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 33:14 Ps 62:11 Job 9:15 Job 9:3 2 Kgs 6:10 Jer 31:18-19 Job 34:31-32 Rom 3:19

Job 40:6⁶Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:1 2 Pet 3:10-12 Heb 12:18-20 Ps 50:3-4

Job 40:7⁷“Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 38:3 Job 42:4 Job 23:3-4 Job 13:22

Job 40:8⁸Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 3:4 Isa 28:18 Job 32:2 Isa 14:27 Job 10:3 Job 34:5-6 Ps 51:4 Gal 3:15 Gal 3:17 Job 27:2-6

Job 40:9⁹Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 37:4-5 Ps 89:13 1 Cor 10:22 Exod 15:6 Isa 45:9 Job 23:6 Job 33:12-13 Job 9:4 Ps 29:3 Ps 39:3-9

Job 40:10¹⁰Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 93:1 Ps 149:4 Isa 59:17 1 Chr 29:11 1 Cor 15:54 2 Pet 1:16-17 Exod 28:2 Isa 4:2 Job 39:19 Jude 1:24-25

Job 40:11¹¹Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 4:37 Isa 2:11-12 Isa 2:17 Nah 1:6 1 Pet 5:5-6 Acts 12:22-23 Dan 5:20-23 Deut 32:22 Exod 15:6 Exod 18:11

Job 40:12¹²Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 63:3 Mal 4:3 1 Sam 2:7 Acts 1:25 Eccl 11:3 Isa 10:6 Isa 13:11 Job 36:20 Prov 15:25 Ps 60:12

Job 40:13¹³Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 2:10 Esth 7:8 Job 14:13 Job 36:13 Ps 49:14 John 11:44

Job 40:14¹⁴Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 2:4-9 Isa 40:29 Ps 44:3 Ps 44:6 Rom 5:6

Job 40:15¹⁵“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 1:24-26 Job 40:20 Ps 104:14 Job 39:8

Job 40:16¹⁶Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Job 40:17¹⁷It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 41:23

Job 40:18¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 48:4 Job 7:12

Job 40:19¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 41:33 Isa 27:1 Job 26:13 Ps 104:24 Ps 7:12

Job 40:20²⁰For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 104:14 Ps 104:26 Job 40:15 Ps 147:8-9

Job 40:21²¹Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 19:6-7 Isa 35:7

Job 40:22²²The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 17:5 Isa 15:7 Lev 23:40

Job 40:23²³If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 13:10 Isa 28:16 Isa 37:25 Josh 3:15 Ps 55:8

Job 40:24²⁴Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 41:1-2

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