Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
And 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 nought: what shall I answer thee? 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.”
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:
And 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 now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Hast thou an arm like God? or 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 glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on 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, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
See now the behemoth, which I made with 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.
Behold 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 bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are tubes of bronze, his members 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 God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?
