Job · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Job 40 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
1 ENTONCES respondió Jehová á Job desde la oscuridad, y dijo:
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
2 Cíñete ahora como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y explícame.
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 ¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
3 ¿Invalidarás tú también mi juicio? ¿me condenarás á mí, para justificarte á ti?
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
4 ¿Tienes tú brazo como Dios? ¿y tronarás tú con voz como él?
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
5 Atavíate ahora de majestad y de alteza: y vístete de honra y de hermosura.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 ¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
6 Esparce furores de tu ira: y mira á todo soberbio, y abátelo.
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
7 Mira á todo soberbio, y humíllalo, y quebranta á los impíos en su asiento.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
8 Encúbrelos á todos en el polvo, venda sus rostros en la oscuridad;
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
9 Y yo también te confesaré que podrá salvarte tu diestra.
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
10 He aquí ahora behemoth, al cual yo hice contigo; hierba come como buey.
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.
11 He aquí ahora que su fuerza está en sus lomos, y su fortaleza en el ombligo de su vientre.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
12 Su cola mueve como un cedro, y los nervios de sus genitales son entretejidos.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.
13 Sus huesos son fuertes [como] bronce, y sus miembros como barras de hierro.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
14 El es la cabeza de los caminos de Dios: el que lo hizo, puede hacer que su cuchillo á él se acerque.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
15 Ciertamente los montes producen hierba para él: y toda bestia del campo retoza allá.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
16 Echaráse debajo de las sombras, en lo oculto de las cañas, y de los lugares húmedos.
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
17 Los árboles sombríos lo cubren con su sombra; los sauces del arroyo lo cercan.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
18 He aquí que él tomará el río sin inmutarse: y confíase que el Jordán pasará por su boca.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
19 ¿Tomarálo alguno por sus ojos en armadijos, y horadará su nariz?
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
20 Not in this translation
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
21 Not in this translation
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
22 Not in this translation
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
23 Not in this translation
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
24 Not in this translation
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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)