Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
And Job said in answer to the Lord,
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods 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, made by him for his pleasure.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
