Job 40

1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:

And Jehovah answered Job and said,

2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

6 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

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

8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

10 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.

11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:

12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:

13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

14 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.

19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

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

21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:

22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

24 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?