Job 40
et adiecit Dominus et locutus est ad Iob
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.
numquid qui contendit cum Deo tam facile conquiescit utique qui arguit Deum debet respondere ei
3 And Job said in answer to the Lord,
respondens autem Iob Domino dixit
4 Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.
qui leviter locutus sum respondere quid possum manum meam ponam super os meum
5 I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.
unum locutus sum quod utinam non dixissem et alterum quibus ultra non addam
6 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
respondens autem Dominus Iob de turbine ait
7 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos interrogabo te et indica mihi
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?
numquid irritum facies iudicium meum et condemnabis me ut tu iustificeris
9 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
et si habes brachium sicut Deus et si voce simili tonas
10 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
circumda tibi decorem et in sublime erigere et esto gloriosus et speciosis induere vestibus
11 Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
disperge superbos furore tuo et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia
12 Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
respice cunctos superbos et confunde eos et contere impios in loco suo
13 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.
absconde eos in pulvere simul et facies eorum demerge in foveam
14 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua
15 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
ecce Behemoth quem feci tecum faenum quasi bos comedet
16 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.
fortitudo eius in lumbis eius et virtus illius in umbilicis ventris eius
17 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
constringit caudam suam quasi cedrum nervi testiculorum eius perplexi sunt
18 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.
ossa eius velut fistulae aeris cartilago illius quasi lamminae ferreae
19 He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.
ipse principium est viarum Dei qui fecit eum adplicabit gladium eius
20 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
huic montes herbas ferunt omnes bestiae agri ludent ibi
21 He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.
sub umbra dormit in secreto calami et locis humentibus
22 He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.
protegunt umbrae umbram eius circumdabunt eum salices torrentis
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.
ecce absorbebit fluvium et non mirabitur habet fiduciam quod influat Iordanis in os eius
24 Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
in oculis eius quasi hamo capiet eum et in sudibus perforabit nares eius
