Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
