Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said:
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I 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, but I will not answer again; 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 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And 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 majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon 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, and 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 the hidden place.
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 Behold now 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 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
