Job 40
1 God continued speaking to Job.
and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
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.”
to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
3 Job answered the Lord,
and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
4 “Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.
look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
5 I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
7 “Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
8 Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?
also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
9 Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder
10 Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!
to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
11 Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
12 Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
13 Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
14 Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
15 Consider Behemoth, a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.
behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
16 Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.
behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
17 It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
18 Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.
bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod 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/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
20 The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.
for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
21 It lies under the lotus; it hides in the reeds of the marsh.
underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
22 The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
23 Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.
look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
24 No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.
in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose
