Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Will [any one] pervert judgement with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
And Job answered and said to the Lord,
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Nay, gird up now your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Do not set aside my judgement: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Hast you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honour.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
[Then] will I confess that your right hand can save [you].
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
But now look at the wild beasts with you; they eat grass like oxen.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
