Iov 40
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
40 Domnul a vorbit lui Iov şi a zis:
2 „Eşti încredinţat acum tu, care vorbeşti(A) împotriva Celui Atotputernic?
Tu, care mustri pe Dumnezeu, mai ai vreun răspuns de dat?”
3 Iov a răspuns Domnului şi a zis:
4 „Iată, eu sunt prea(B) mic. Ce să-Ţi răspund?
Îmi pun mâna la gură.
5 Am vorbit o dată, şi nu voi mai răspunde;
de două ori, şi nu voi mai adăuga nimic.”
6 Domnul(C) a răspuns lui Iov din mijlocul furtunii şi a zis:
7 „Încinge-ţi mijlocul(D) ca un viteaz
ca Eu(E) să te întreb, şi tu să Mă înveţi.
8 Vrei(F) să nimiceşti până şi dreptatea Mea?
Şi să Mă osândeşti, ca să-ţi scoţi dreptatea?
9 Ai tu un braţ ca al lui Dumnezeu
şi un glas de tunet(G) ca al Lui?
10 Împodobeşte-te cu(H) măreţie şi mărime,
îmbracă-te cu strălucire şi cu slavă!
11 Varsă-ţi valurile mâniei tale
şi doboară cu o privire pe cei trufaşi!
12 Smereşte cu o privire pe cei(I) trufaşi,
zdrobeşte pe loc pe cei răi,
13 ascunde-i pe toţi împreună în ţărână,
înveleşte-le faţa în întuneric!
14 Şi atunci voi aduce şi Eu lauda
puterii dreptei tale.
15 Uită-te la hipopotamul căruia i-am dat viaţă, ca şi ţie!
El mănâncă iarbă ca boul.
16 Uită-te ce tărie are în coapse
şi ce putere are în muşchii pântecelui său!
17 Îşi îndoaie coada tare ca un cedru
şi vinele coapselor lui sunt întreţesute.
18 Oasele lui sunt ca nişte ţevi de aramă,
mădularele lui sunt ca nişte drugi de fier.
19 El este cea mai mare dintre lucrările lui Dumnezeu.
Cel ce l-a făcut l-a înzestrat cu o suliţă.
20 El îşi găseşte hrana(J) în munţi,
unde se joacă toate fiarele câmpului.
21 Se culcă sub lotus,
în mijlocul trestiilor şi mlaştinilor.
22 Desişul lotusului îl acoperă cu umbra lui,
sălciile pârâului îl înconjoară.
23 Dacă se întâmplă ca râul să iasă din matcă, el nu fuge:
chiar de s-ar năpusti Iordanul în gâtlejul lui, el ar rămâne liniştit.
24 Crezi că-l poţi prinde lovindu-l în faţă?
Sau crezi că-i vei putea străpunge nasul cu ajutorul laţurilor?
Job 40
New King James Version
God’s Power and Wisdom
40 Moreover the Lord (A)answered Job, and said:
2 “Shall (B)the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who (C)rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Job’s Response to God
3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4 “Behold,(D) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
(E)I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
God’s Challenge to Job
6 (F)Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
8 “Would(I) you indeed [b]annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9 Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with (J)a voice like His?
10 (K)Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is (L)proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15 “Look now at the [c]behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the (M)ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20 Surely the mountains (N)yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
23 Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24 Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.
Job 40
English Standard Version
40 And the Lord (A)said to Job:
2 “Shall a faultfinder (B)contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Job Promises Silence
3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4 “Behold, I am (C)of small account; what shall I answer you?
(D)I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken (E)once, and I will not answer;
(F)twice, but I will proceed no further.”
The Lord Challenges Job
6 Then the Lord (G)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
7 (H)“Dress for action[a] like a man;
(I)I will question you, and you make it known to me.
8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that (J)you may be in the right?
9 Have you (K)an arm like God,
and can you thunder with (L)a voice like his?
10 “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
(M)clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is (N)proud and abase him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and (O)tread down the wicked (P)where they stand.
13 (Q)Hide them all in (R)the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.[b]
14 Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own (S)right hand can save you.
15 “Behold, Behemoth,[c]
which I made as I made you;
he eats (T)grass like an ox.
16 Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.
19 “He is (U)the first of (V)the works[d] of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
20 For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beasts play.
21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of (W)the reeds and in the marsh.
22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
24 Can one take him by his eyes,[e]
or pierce his nose with a snare?
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