Job 40
1 Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2 “Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”
Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4 “See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 “Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
8 Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
11 Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
12 Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.
Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.
His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.
The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
23 See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
