Job 40
1 And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
2 Will [any one] pervert judgement with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 And Job answered and said to the Lord,
And Job answered Jehovah and said,
4 Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7 Nay, gird up now your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
8 Do not set aside my judgement: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous?
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honour.
Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
11 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
12 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
13 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
14 [Then] will I confess that your right hand can save [you].
Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15 But now look at the wild beasts with you; they eat grass like oxen.
See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
18 His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
19 This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
20 And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
22 And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
24 [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
