Job 40

1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

And YHWH answers Job and says:

2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.

“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”

3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

And Job answers YHWH and says:

4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.

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

I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”

6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:

7 Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you unto me.

“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.

8 Will you also nullify my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?

Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?

9 Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?

And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?

10 Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.

Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.

11 Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and bring low him.

Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

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

See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

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

Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.

14 Then will I also confess unto you that your own right hand can save you.

And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.

15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.

Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.

16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

17 He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;

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

For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

21 He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.

23 Behold, he drinks up a river, and hastes not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.

24 He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.

Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”