Job 40
1 And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: —
Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: —
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4 Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 Once, have I spoken, but I will not proceed, yea twice, but I will not add.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6 So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: —
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird, I pray thee—as a strong man—thy loins, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
8 Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9 But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou 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;
Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellence; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:
Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; 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.
Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold, I pray thee, the Hippopotamus, which I made with thee, Grass—like the ox, he eateth;
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly;
Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
17 He bendeth down his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his thighs, are twisted together;
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male organs are wrapped together.
18 His bones, are barrels of bronze, his frame, is like hammered bars of iron:
His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
19 He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword:
He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [him].
20 Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 Under the lotus-trees, he lieth down, in a covert of reed and swamp;
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;
The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him.
23 Lo! the river becometh insolent—he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:
Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 Before his eyes, shall he be caught? With a hook, can one pierce his nose?
He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
