Job 40
1 Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
2 Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
3 Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
4 Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
6 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
8 Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
9 Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
And 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.
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
14 Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
18 His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
19 He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
