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Job 40
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 40 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 39, 40
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1And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
1And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
2Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
2Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
3And Job answered and said to the Lord,
3And Job answered and said to the Lord,
4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
5I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
6And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
6And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
7Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
7Nay, gird up now your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me.
8Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?
8Do not set aside my judgment: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous?
9Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
9Have you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his?
10Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
10Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honor.
11And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
11And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
12Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
12Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
13And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
13And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
14[Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].
14[Then] will I confess that your right hand can save [you].
15But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
15But now look at the wild beasts with you; they eat grass like oxen.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
17He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
18His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
18His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
19This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
19This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
20And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
20And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
21He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
21He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
22And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
22And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
23If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trusts that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
23If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
24[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
24[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.