Job 40
1 And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: —
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: —
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on 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 proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: —
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 Gird, I pray thee—as a strong man—thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
9 But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself;
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness;
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation.
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass—like the ox, he eateth;
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly;
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together;
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron:
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
19 He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword:
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 Lo! the river becometh insolent—he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
