# Job 40.8 **Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 6. Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7. Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. > > **8. Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?** > > 9. Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10. Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. (Job 40:6-10, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 6. Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, 7. “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. > > **8. Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?** > > 9. Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? 10. “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. (Job 40:6-10, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 6. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7. Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. > > **8. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?** > > 9. Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. (Job 40:6-10, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 6. And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: 7. Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. > > **8. Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?** > > 9. And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder? 10. Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on. (Job 40:6-10, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Evidential Problem of Evil Defeater](/codex/evidential-problem-of-evil-defeater/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.