Job 40
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
Then 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 vile! what can 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, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
Then spake Jehovah to 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 ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst 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's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, 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; Shut up their faces in darkness!
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force 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 the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
He is chief among the works of God; 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 supply him with 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 down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And 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.
Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
