Job 40
1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
Then Yahweh said to Job,
2 to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
3 and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
4 look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
5 one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
6 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *Q(K)*) (tempest *Q(k)*) and to say
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
7 to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
8 also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is 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 [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
10 to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
11 to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
12 to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
13 to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
14 and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
15 behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
16 behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
17 to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *Q(K)*) to intertwine
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
18 bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
19 he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
20 for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
21 underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
22 to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
23 look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
24 in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
