Job 40
1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
14 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
