Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job,
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Job answered the LORD,
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down 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, Bind their faces in secret.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
