Job 40

1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

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

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

3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay 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 spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.

6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

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

Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

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

Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?

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

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.

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

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.

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

Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

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

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

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

Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

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

Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is 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 moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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

18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars 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. He who made him gives him his sword.

He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

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

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

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

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

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 brook encompass him about.

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

Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

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

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