Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon 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: —
And 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 up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked 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 thy right hand is able to save thee.
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass 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 loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle 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 apply his sword.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
