< Job 40 >
1 And YHWH answers Job and says:
and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
2 “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
3 And Job answers YHWH and says:
and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
4 “Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
7 “Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder
10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
12 See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
14 And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
15 Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
17 He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
20 For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
21 He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose