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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
KJV
¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
WEB
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
ASV
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
LSV
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
YLT
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
DBY
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
DRC40:1
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
GNV40:1
Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
JPS
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
LXXE
And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying,

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Where the editions differ

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  • Written (Ketiv): מִנ (“from”). Read aloud (Qere): מִ֥ן׀ (“from”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Leningrad Codex reads מִ֥ן׀; read aloud (Qere) reads מִ֥ן׀ (“from”).
  • Leningrad Codex reads סְעָרָ֗ה; read aloud (Qere) reads סְעָרָ֗ה (“a tempest”).
  • Written (Ketiv): סְעָרָה. Read aloud (Qere): סְעָרָ֗ה (“a tempest”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מנ סערה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Marks a word with a final consonant that is a medial (not a final) form.Read aloud as (qere): מִ֥ן סְעָרָ֗ה
LXX-Br
Ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Κύριος, εἶπε τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους,

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  • Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
  • 2 Peter 3:10–12But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this…
  • Psalms 50:3–4Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
  • Hebrews 12:18–20For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. For they…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:1 in some Bibles
  • 40:6 in most Bibles

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