Job 40
1 And Jehovah answered Job and said,
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 And Job answered Jehovah and said,
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down 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 secret.
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and 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 bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his members 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 God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 Lotus-bushes 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 Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
