Job 40

1 Moreover the LORD answered Job,

And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: —

2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!

3 Then Job answered the LORD,

Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: —

4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:

5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.

6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: —

7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Gird, I pray thee—as a strong man—thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.

8 Will you even annul my judgement? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?

9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honour and majesty.

Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself;

11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:

13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness;

14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation.

15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass—like the ox, he eateth;

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly;

17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together;

18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron:

19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword:

20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;

21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;

22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;

23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Lo! the river becometh insolent—he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:

24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?