Job 40
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
2 Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
3 And Job said in answer to the Lord,
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4 Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
8 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
11 Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
12 Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
16 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
23 Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
