Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.
Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said:
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth.
Behold, I am vile! what can I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Once have I spoken, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.
6 Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then spake Jehovah to Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
7 Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you to me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
8 Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
9 Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?
Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
10 Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.
Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
11 Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Hide them in the dust together; Shut up their faces in darkness!
14 Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.
Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force in the muscles of his belly!
17 He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
He bendeth his tail, like the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him.
He is chief among the works of God; He that made him gave him his sword.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
For the mountains supply him with food, Where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lieth down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinks up a river, and hastens not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.
24 He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.
Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
