< Job 40 >
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? 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.”
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:
And 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 up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
And 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.
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked 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 thy right hand is able to save thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass 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 loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle 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 apply his sword.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.