Job 40
1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
Then Job answered the LORD,
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Will you even annul my judgement? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honour and majesty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Then I will also admit to 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.
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as 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.
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles 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 thighs are knit together.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs 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 who made him gives him his sword.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
