Job 40

1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say

Moreover the LORD answered Job,

2 to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

3 and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say

Then Job answered the LORD,

4 look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my

“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

5 one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

6 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *QK) (tempest *Qk) and to say

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

7 to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me

“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

8 also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

9 and if: surely yes arm like/as God to/for you and in/on/with voice like him to thunder

Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

10 to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe

“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

11 to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

12 to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

13 to hide them in/on/with dust unitedness face their to saddle/tie in/on/with to hide

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

14 and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your

Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

15 behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat

“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

16 behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his

Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

17 to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *QK) to intertwine

He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

18 bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron

His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.

19 he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his

He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

20 for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there

Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

21 underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp

He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

22 to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

23 look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his

Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

24 in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?