< Job 40 >
1 And the Lord addressed Job, and said,
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
2 Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.
Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
3 Then answered Job the Lord, and said,
And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
4 Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on 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: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again.
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
7 Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
8 Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
9 But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:
And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
10 Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory.
Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
11 Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 Look on every proud one, and bend 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 altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.
Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
14 Then will I also myself praise thee, when thy own right hand hath helped thee.
And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
15 Only behold Behemoth, which I made near thee: grass he eateth like the ox.
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
16 Only see, [how great] is his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly.
Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 He stretcheth out his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his loins are closely wrapped together.
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones are like pipes of brass: his frame is like bars of iron.
His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of 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 [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
20 But truly the mountains bear for him his 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 Under shady trees he lieth down, in the covert of the reeds, and swamp.
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
22 Shady trees cover him as his shadow: willows of the brook encompass him about.
Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
23 Behold, a river sweepeth violently along, but he hasteneth not away: he remaineth quiet, though a Jordan rusheth up to his mouth.
Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
24 Can one catch him before his eyes? pierce his nose by means of snares?—
Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?