Job 40:2, 4, 8 - Prayer Tents

Job 40

Job: What Can I Say?

40MOREOVER, THE Lord said to Job,H3068H6030H347H5592Shall he who would find fault with the Almighty contend with Him? He who disputes with God, let him answer it.H7378H7706H3250H3198H433H60303Then Job replied to the Lord:H347H6030H3068H5594Behold, I am of small account {and} vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth.H7043H7725H7760H3027H3926H63105I have spoken once, but I will not reply again--indeed, twice [have I answered], but I will proceed no further.H259H1696H6030H8147H3254

God Questions Job

6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying,H6030H3068H347H5591H5597Gird up your loins now like a man; I will demand of you, and you answer Me.H247H2504H1397H7592H30458Will you also annul (set aside and render void) My judgment? Will you condemn Me [your God], that you may [appear] righteous {and} justified?H6565H4941H7561H66639Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?H2220H410H7481H696310[Since you question the manner of the Almighty's rule] deck yourself now with the excellency {and} dignity [of the Supreme Ruler, and yourself undertake the government of the world if you are so wise], {and} array yourself with honor and majesty.H5710H1347H1363H3847H1935H192611Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him;H6327H5678H639H7200H1343H821312Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand [if you are so able, Job].H7200H1343H3665H1915H756313[Bury and] hide them all in the dust together; [and] shut them up [in the prison house of death].H2934H6083H3162H2280H6440H293414[If you can do all this, Job, proving yourself of divine might] then will I [God] praise you also [and acknowledge that] your own right hand can save you.H3034H3225H3467

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

15Behold now the behemoth (the hippopotamus), which I created as I did you; he eats grass like an ox.H930H6213H398H2682H124116See now, his strength is in his loins, and his power is in the sinews of his belly.H3581H4975H202H8306H99017He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope].H2654H2180H730H1517H6344H827618His bones are like tubes of bronze; his limbs [or ribs] are like bars of iron.H6106H650H5154H1634H4300H127019[The hippopotamus] is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God [in animal life]; [only] He Who made him provides him with his [swordlike tusks, or only God Who made him can bring near His sword to master him].H7225H1870H410H6213H5066H2719H506620Surely the mountains bring him food, where all the wild animals play.H2022H5375H944H2416H7704H783221He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reeds in the marsh.H7901H6628H5643H7070H120722The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook compass him about.H6628H5526H6752H6155H5158H543723Behold, if a river is violent {and} overflows, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.H6231H5104H2648H982H1518H3383H631024Can any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?H3947H5869H639H5344H4170