Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
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.
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I 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, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Then the LORD 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 thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Or 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.
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon 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, and 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 the hidden place.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Behold now 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.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles 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 beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
