< Job 40 >

1 And he answered Yahweh Job and he said.
Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,
2 ¿ Will he contend with [the] Almighty a faultfinder [one who] corrects God let him answer him.
“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”
3 And he answered Job Yahweh and he said.
Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
4 Here! I am insignificant what? will I respond to you hand my I put to mouth my.
“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 One [time] I have spoken and not I will answer and two [times] and not I will repeat.
I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 And he answered Yahweh Job (from - *QK) (a tempest *Qk) and he said.
Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,
7 Gird up please like a man loins your I will ask you and make known to me.
“Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
8 ¿ Even will you annul justice my will you condemn as guilty? me so that you may be justified.
Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
9 And or? [does] an arm like God - [belong] to you? and with a voice like him will you thunder?
Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck yourself please majesty and dignity and glory and honor you will be clothed.
Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Scatter [the] furi of anger your and see every proud [person] and bring low him.
Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
12 See every proud [person] humble him and tread down wicked [people] in place their.
Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together faces their bind up in the hidden [place].
Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.
14 And also I I will praise you that it will save you right [hand] your.
Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.
15 There! please Behemoth which I made with you grass like ox it eats.
Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
16 There! please strength its [is] in loins its and power its in [the] muscles of belly its.
See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.
17 It stiffens tail its like a cedar [the] sinews of (thighs its *QK) they are intertwined.
He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
18 Bones its [are] tubes of bronze limbs its [are] like a rod of iron.
His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.
19 It [is] [the] first of [the] ways of God the [one who] made it let him bring near sword his.
He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
20 For [the] beast[s] of [the] mountains they carry to it and every animal of the field they play there.
For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.
21 Under thorny lotus plants it lies in a hiding place of reed[s] and swamp.
He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
22 They cover it thorny lotus plants shade its they surround it [the] poplars of [the] wadi.
The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.
23 There! it is violent [the] river not it is alarmed it is confident - for it bursts forth [the] Jordan to mouth its.
See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.
24 By eyes its will anyone take? it with snares will anyone pierce? a nose.
Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?

< Job 40 >