Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
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 answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
4 Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I 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, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
8 Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And 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 majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon 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, 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, Their faces bind in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
15 Behold now 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 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
Lo, I pray thee, 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 doth bend 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 brass, 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 bringeth nigh his sword;
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
For food do mountains bear 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.
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
23 Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
24 Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
