Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
“Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Then will I also acknowledge about 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.
Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs 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 creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?
