Job 40
1 God continued speaking to Job.
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
2 “Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 Job answered the Lord,
And Job answered Jehovah and said,
4 “Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.
Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,
And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7 “Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
8 Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!
Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
11 Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
12 Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
13 Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
14 Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15 Consider Behemoth, a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.
See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
18 Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.
His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
19 It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.
He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
20 The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.
For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 It lies under the lotus; it hides in the reeds of the marsh.
He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
22 The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.
Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
24 No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.
Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
