< Job 40 >

1 And the Lord addressed Job, and said,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
2 Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.
to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
3 Then answered Job the Lord, and said,
and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
4 Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on my mouth.
look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again.
one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
7 Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
8 Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
9 But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:
and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder
10 Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory.
to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
11 Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
12 Look on every proud one, and bend him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
13 Hide them in the dust altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.
to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
14 Then will I also myself praise thee, when thy own right hand hath helped thee.
and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
15 Only behold Behemoth, which I made near thee: grass he eateth like the ox.
behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
16 Only see, [how great] is his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly.
behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
17 He stretcheth out his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his loins are closely wrapped together.
to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
18 His bones are like pipes of brass: his frame is like bars of iron.
bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
19 He is the first in rank of the works of God: he that made him can alone bring his sword near unto him.
he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
20 But truly the mountains bear for him his food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
21 Under shady trees he lieth down, in the covert of the reeds, and swamp.
underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
22 Shady trees cover him as his shadow: willows of the brook encompass him about.
to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
23 Behold, a river sweepeth violently along, but he hasteneth not away: he remaineth quiet, though a Jordan rusheth up to his mouth.
look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
24 Can one catch him before his eyes? pierce his nose by means of snares?—
in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose

< Job 40 >