Job

Job’s Confession 1 Then Job answered the Lord:2 “I know that you can do all things;no purpose of yours can be thwarted;3 you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counselwithout knowledge?’But I have declared without understandingthings too wonderful for me to know.4 You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak;I will question you, and you will answer […]

The Description of Leviathan 1 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook,and tie down its tongue with a rope?2 Can you put a cord through its nose,or pierce its jaw with a hook?3 Will it make numerous supplications to you,will it speak to you with tender words?4 Will it make a pact with you,so […]

Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge 1 Then the Lord answered Job:2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”3 Then Job answered the Lord:4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy – how could I reply to you?I put my hand over my mouth to silence […]

1 “Are you acquainted with the waythe mountain goats give birth?Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?2 Do you count the months they must fulfil,and do you know the time they give birth?3 They crouch, they bear their young,they bring forth the offspring they have carried.4 Their young grow strong, […]

VI. The Divine Speeches The Lord’s First Speech 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:2 “Who is this who darkens counselwith words without knowledge?3 Get ready for a difficult task like a man;I will question youand you will inform me! God’s questions to Job 4 “Where were youwhen I laid the foundation […]

1 At this also my heart poundsand leaps from its place.2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice,to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.4 After that a voice roars;he thunders with an exalted voice,and he does […]