Job 40
1 And Jehovah answered Job and said,
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
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 answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
4 Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
6 And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
7 Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
8 Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
10 Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
11 Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
Scatter abroad the wrath of thine 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, Their faces bind in secret.
14 Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
15 See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
Lo, I pray thee, 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 doth bend 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 brass, 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 bringeth nigh his sword;
20 For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
For food do mountains bear 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:
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
22 Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
23 Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
24 Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
