Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
And the Lord addressed Job, and said,
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Will he that contendeth with the Almighty yet find fault? him that reproveth God answer this.
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
Then answered Job 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 too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on 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: yea, twice; but I will not repeat it again.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
Do but gird up like a mighty man thy loins: I will ask thee, and do thou inform me.
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou indeed annul my decree? wilt thou condemn me, in order that thou mayest appear righteous?
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
But if thou hast an arm like God, or if thou canst thunder loudly like him:
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Then do deck thyself with excellence and greatness, and clothe thyself in majesty and glory.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look on every proud one, and bend 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 altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then will I also myself praise thee, when thy own right hand hath helped thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Only behold Behemoth, which I made near thee: grass he eateth like the ox.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Only see, [how great] is his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly.
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He stretcheth out his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his loins are closely 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 frame is like bars of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
He is the first in rank of the works of God: he that made him can alone bring his sword near unto him.
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
But truly the mountains bear for him his food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
Under shady trees he lieth down, in the covert of the reeds, and swamp.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
Shady trees cover him as his shadow: willows of the brook encompass him about.
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
Behold, a river sweepeth violently along, but he hasteneth not away: he remaineth quiet, though a Jordan rusheth up to his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Can one catch him before his eyes? pierce his nose by means of snares?—
