Job · Catholic Public Domain Version
Job 40 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
4 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
25 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
25 Not in this translation
26 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
26 Not in this translation
27 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
27 Not in this translation
28 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
28 Not in this translation
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6
- 2 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 33:13; Isaiah 50:8
- 4 Proverbs 30:32; Job 29:9; Job 21:5; Job 42:6; Judges 18:19
- 5 Job 33:14; Psalm 62:11; Job 9:15; Job 9:3; Romans 3:19
- 6 Job 38:1; Psalm 50:3–4; 2 Peter 3:10–12; Hebrews 12:18–20
- 7 Job 38:3; Job 42:4; Job 23:3–4; Job 13:22
- 8 Romans 3:4; Job 32:2; Isaiah 28:18; Job 10:3; Psalm 51:4
- 9 Job 37:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 89:13; Psalm 89:10; Exodus 15:6
- 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 59:17; Job 39:19; Psalm 104:1–2
- 11 Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 2:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 10:12–19
- 12 Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 4:3; Psalm 60:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 10:5
- 13 Isaiah 2:10; Psalm 49:14; Job 36:13; Job 14:13; Esther 7:8
- 14 Romans 5:6; Psalm 44:3; Ephesians 2:4–9; Psalm 44:6; Isaiah 40:29
- 15 Psalm 104:14; Job 40:20; Genesis 1:24–26; Job 39:8
- 17 Job 41:23
- 18 Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12
- 19 Job 41:33; Psalm 104:24; Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 7:12
- 20 Psalm 104:26; Psalm 104:14; Job 40:15; Psalm 147:8–9
- 21 Isaiah 19:6–7; Isaiah 35:7
- 22 Isaiah 15:7; Leviticus 23:40; Ezekiel 17:5
- 23 Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 28:16; Joshua 3:15; Psalm 55:8
- 24 Job 41:1–2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
According to Job, there was in the waters the dragon that draweth up Jordan into his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)