Job 40
1 Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
2 Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Job answered Jehovah, and said:
Then Job answered the LORD,
4 Behold, I am vile! what can I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Then spake Jehovah to Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Gird up now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
Will you even annul my judgement? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honour and majesty.
11 Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; Shut up their faces in darkness!
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.
Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force in the muscles of his belly!
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He bendeth his tail, like the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.
His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He is chief among the works of God; He that made him gave him his sword.
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 For the mountains supply him with food, Where all the beasts of the field play.
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 He lieth down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And the willows of the brook compass him about.
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
