Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
