Job 40
1 Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,
Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:
2 “Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”
Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?
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 vile! what can I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Once have I spoken, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,
Then spake Jehovah to 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 now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
8 Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
10 Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.
Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!
11 Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
12 Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.
Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!
13 Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.
Hide them in the dust together; Shut up their faces in darkness!
14 Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.
Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, 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 the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.
Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force in the muscles of his belly!
17 He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
He bendeth his tail, like the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.
His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
He is chief among the works of God; He that made him gave him his sword.
20 For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.
For the mountains supply him with 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 lieth down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.
22 The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.
The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And the willows of the brook compass 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.
Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?
Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?
