New International Reader's Version

Job 40:10-21 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. Then put on glory and beauty as if they were your clothes. Also put honor and majesty on.

11. Let loose your great anger. Look at those who are proud and bring them low.

12. Look at proud people and bring them down. Crush those who are evil right where they are.

13. Bury their bodies in the dust together. Cover their faces in the grave.

14. Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

15. "Look at the behemoth. It is a huge animal. I made both of you. It eats grass like an ox.

16. Look at the strength it has in its hips! What power it has in the muscles of its stomach!

17. Its tail sways back and forth like a cedar tree. The tendons of its thighs are close together.

18. Its bones are like tubes made out of bronze. Its legs are like rods made out of iron.

19. It ranks first among my works. I made it. I can approach it with my sword.

20. The hills produce food for it. All of the other wild animals play near it.

21. It lies under lotus plants. It hides in tall grass in the swamps.