Job 40
1 And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: —
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? he that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: —
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4 Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: —
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird, I pray thee—as a strong man—thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Wilt thou even disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,
Or hast thou an arm like God? and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself;
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; and array thyself with honour and majesty.
11 Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger: and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness;
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden [place].
14 And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation.
Then wilt I also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass—like the ox, he eateth;
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as all ox.
16 Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly;
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together;
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron:
His bones are as tubes of brass; his limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword:
He is the chief of the ways of God: he [only] that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
20 Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;
Surely the mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play.
21 Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;
He lieth under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;
The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Lo! the river becometh insolent—he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not: he is confident, though Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
