Job 40
1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
God continued speaking to Job.
2 to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
3 and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
Job answered the Lord,
4 look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.
5 one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
6 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,
7 to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
“Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
8 also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?
9 and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder
Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
10 to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!
11 to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
12 to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
13 to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
14 and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
15 behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
Consider Behemoth, a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.
16 behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.
17 to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
18 bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.
19 he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.
20 for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.
21 underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
It lies under the lotus; it hides in the reeds of the marsh.
22 to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
23 look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.
24 in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose
No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.
