Job 40, side by side
Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.
1Moreover the LORD answered Job,
1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered the LORD,
3Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15“See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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