Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.
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.
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Will you also nullify my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and bring low him.
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Then will I also confess unto you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook 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 drinks up a river, and hastes not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.
