Apologetics Bible

Job 40:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-yehvah-'et-'iyvov-vayo'mar

KJV: Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

AKJV: Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

ASV: Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

YLT: And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

Exposition: Job 40:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:2

Hebrew

הֲרֹב עִם־שַׁדַּי יִסּוֹר מוֹכִיחַ אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃

harov-'im-shaday-yisvor-mvokhiycha-'elvoha-ya'anenah

KJV: Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

AKJV: Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. ¶

ASV: Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?

YLT: Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

Exposition: Job 40:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:3

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב אֶת־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'iyvov-'et-yehvah-vayo'mar

KJV: Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

AKJV: Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

ASV: Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

YLT: And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

Exposition: Job 40:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Job answered the LORD, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:4

Hebrew

הֵן קַלֹּתִי מָה אֲשִׁיבֶךָּ יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ־פִֽי׃

hen-qalotiy-mah-'ashiyvekha-yadiy-shametiy-lemvo-fiy

KJV: Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

AKJV: Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

ASV: Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee?

YLT: Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

Exposition: Job 40:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:5

Hebrew

אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא אֶֽעֱנֶה וּשְׁתַּיִם וְלֹא אוֹסִֽיף׃

'achat-divaretiy-velo'-'e'eneh-vshetayim-velo'-'vosiyf

KJV: Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

AKJV: Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further. ¶

ASV: Once have I spoken, and I will not answer;

YLT: Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

Exposition: Job 40:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:6

Hebrew

וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנ סערה מִן ׀ סְעָרָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-yehvah-'et-'iyvov-mn-s'rh-min- -se'arah-vayo'mar

KJV: Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

AKJV: Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

ASV: Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

YLT: And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

Exposition: Job 40:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:7

Hebrew

אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

'ezar-na'-khegever-chalatzeykha-'eshe'alekha-vehvodiy'eniy

KJV: Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

AKJV: Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you to me.

ASV: Gird up thy loins now like a man:

YLT: Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

Exposition: Job 40:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:8

Hebrew

הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

ha'af-tafer-mishefatiy-tareshiy'eniy-lema'an-titzedaq

KJV: Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

AKJV: Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?

ASV: Wilt thou even annul my judgment?

YLT: Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

Exposition: Job 40:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:9

Hebrew

וְאִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל ׀ לָךְ וּבְקוֹל כָּמֹהוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃

ve'im-zervo'a-kha'el- -lakhe-vveqvol-khamohv-tare'em

KJV: Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

AKJV: Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?

ASV: Or hast thou an arm like God?

YLT: And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

Exposition: Job 40:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:10

Hebrew

עֲדֵה נָא גָֽאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ וְהוֹד וְהָדָר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

'adeh-na'-ga'von-vagovah-vehvod-vehadar-tilevash

KJV: Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

AKJV: Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.

ASV: Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;

YLT: Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

Exposition: Job 40:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:11

Hebrew

הָפֵץ עֶבְרוֹת אַפֶּךָ וּרְאֵה כָל־גֵּאֶה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃

hafetz-'evervot-'afekha-vre'eh-khal-ge'eh-vehashefiylehv

KJV: Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

AKJV: Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

ASV: Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;

YLT: Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

Exposition: Job 40:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:12

Hebrew

רְאֵה כָל־גֵּאֶה הַכְנִיעֵהוּ וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

re'eh-khal-ge'eh-hakheniy'ehv-vahadokhe-resha'iym-tachetam

KJV: Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

AKJV: Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

ASV: Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

YLT: See every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

Exposition: Job 40:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:13

Hebrew

טָמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר יָחַד פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבֹשׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃

tamenem-ve'afar-yachad-feneyhem-chavosh-vatamvn

KJV: Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

AKJV: Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

ASV: Hide them in the dust together;

YLT: Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

Exposition: Job 40:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:14

Hebrew

וְגַם־אֲנִי אוֹדֶךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁעַ לְךָ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

vegam-'aniy-'vodekha-khiy-tvoshi'a-lekha-yemiynekha

KJV: Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

AKJV: Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you. ¶

ASV: Then will I also confess of thee

YLT: And even I--I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

Exposition: Job 40:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:15

Hebrew

הִנֵּה־נָא בְהֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּךְ חָצִיר כַּבָּקָר יֹאכֵֽל׃

hineh-na'-vehemvot-'asher-'ashiytiy-'imakhe-chatziyr-khavaqar-yo'khel

KJV: Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

AKJV: Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.

ASV: Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee;

YLT: Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Exposition: Job 40:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:16

Hebrew

הִנֵּה־נָא כֹחוֹ בְמָתְנָיו וְאֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנֽוֹ׃

hineh-na'-khochvo-vematenayv-ve'onvo-visheriyrey-vitenvo

KJV: Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

AKJV: See now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

ASV: Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

YLT: Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

Exposition: Job 40:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:17

Hebrew

יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פחדו פַחֲדָיו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

yachefotz-zenavvo-khemvo-'arez-giydey-fchdv-fachadayv-yeshoragv

KJV: He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

AKJV: He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

ASV: He moveth his tail like a cedar:

YLT: He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

Exposition: Job 40:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:18

Hebrew

עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחוּשָׁה גְּרָמָיו כִּמְטִיל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

'atzamayv-'afiyqey-nechvshah-geramayv-khimetiyl-varezel

KJV: His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

AKJV: His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

ASV: His bones areastubes of brass;

YLT: His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.

Exposition: Job 40:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:19

Hebrew

הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל הָעֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּֽוֹ׃

hv'-re'shiyt-darekhey-'el-ha'oshvo-yagesh-charevvo

KJV: He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

AKJV: He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him.

ASV: He is the chief of the ways of God:

YLT: He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

Exposition: Job 40:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:20

Hebrew

כִּֽי־בוּל הָרִים יִשְׂאוּ־לוֹ וְֽכָל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃

khiy-vvl-hariym-yishe'v-lvo-vekhal-chayat-hashadeh-yeshachaqv-sham

KJV: Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

AKJV: Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

ASV: Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

YLT: For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

Exposition: Job 40:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:21

Hebrew

תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִים יִשְׁכָּב בְּסֵתֶר קָנֶה וּבִצָּֽה׃

tachat-tze'eliym-yishekhav-veseter-qaneh-vvitzah

KJV: He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

AKJV: He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

ASV: He lieth under the lotus-trees,

YLT: Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Exposition: Job 40:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:22

Hebrew

יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלֲלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃

yesukhuhv-tze'eliym-tzilalvo-yesuvvhv-'arevey-nachal

KJV: The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

AKJV: The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

ASV: The lotus-trees cover him with their shade;

YLT: Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

Exposition: Job 40:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:23

Hebrew

הֵן יַעֲשֹׁק נָהָר לֹא יַחְפּוֹז יִבְטַח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

hen-ya'ashoq-nahar-lo'-yachefvoz-yivetach- -khiy-yagiycha-yareden-'el-fiyhv

KJV: Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

AKJV: Behold, he drinks up a river, and hastens not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

ASV: Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not;

YLT: Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

Exposition: Job 40:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 40:24

Hebrew

בְּעֵינָיו יִקָּחֶנּוּ בְּמֽוֹקְשִׁים יִנְקָב־אָֽף׃

ve'eynayv-yiqachenv-vemvoqeshiym-yineqav-'af

KJV: He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

AKJV: He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.

ASV: Shall any take him when he is on the watch,

YLT: Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?

Exposition: Job 40:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.