Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth 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 thee? I will lay mine hand upon 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: yea, 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 unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Then spake Jehovah to Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy 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 unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
16 Lo 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 moveth 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 [unto 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 lieth 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 drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth 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 taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
