约伯记40-智慧

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¹Then the Lord said to Job, ²“Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?” ³Then Job replied to the Lord, ⁴“I am nothing - how could I ever find the answers?I will cover my mouth with my hand. ⁵I have said too much already.I have nothing more to say.” ⁶Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: ⁷“Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. ⁸“Will you discredit my justiceand condemn me just to prove you are right? ⁹Are you as strong as God?Can you thunder with a voice like his? ¹⁰All right, put on your glory and splendor, your honor and majesty. ¹¹Give vent to your anger.Let it overflow against the proud. ¹²Humiliate the proud with a glance;walk on the wicked where they stand. ¹³Bury them in the dust.Imprison them in the world of the dead. ¹⁴Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you. ¹⁵“Take a look at Behemoth, #40:15 The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.which I made, just as I made you.It eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶See its powerful loinsand the muscles of its belly. ¹⁷Its tail is as strong as a cedar.The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together. ¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze.Its limbs are bars of iron. ¹⁹It is a prime example of God’s handiwork, and only its Creator can threaten it. ²⁰The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play. ²¹It lies under the lotus plants, #40:21 Or bramble bushes; also in 40:22.hidden by the reeds in the marsh. ²²The lotus plants give it shadeamong the willows beside the stream. ²³It is not disturbed by the raging river, not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it. ²⁴No one can catch it off guardor put a ring in its nose and lead it away.

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