Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
