< Job 40 >

1 and to answer LORD [obj] Job and to say
And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
2 to contend with Almighty faultfinder to rebuke god to answer her
Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
3 and to answer Job [obj] LORD and to say
Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
4 look! to lighten what? to return: reply you hand my to set: put upon lip my
What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
5 one to speak: speak and not to answer and two and not to add: again
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
6 and to answer LORD [obj] Job (from *QK) (tempest *Qk) and to say
But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
7 to gird please like/as great man loin your to ask you and to know me
Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
8 also to break justice: judgement my be wicked me because to justify
Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so 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
And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
10 to adorn please pride and height and splendor and glory to clothe
Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
11 to scatter fury face: anger your and to see: see all proud and to abase him
Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
12 to see: see all proud be humble him and to tread down wicked underneath: stand them
Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious 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 and plunge their faces into the pit.
14 and also I to give thanks you for to save to/for you right your
Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
15 behold please Behemoth which to make with you grass like/as cattle to eat
Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
16 behold please strength his in/on/with loin his and strength his in/on/with muscle belly: abdomen his
His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
17 to sway tail his like cedar sinew (thigh his *QK) to intertwine
He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
18 bone his channel bronze bone his like/as rod iron
His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
19 he/she/it first: beginning way: conduct God [the] to make him to approach: bring sword his
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
20 for produce mountain: mount to lift: aid to/for him and all living thing [the] land: wildlife to laugh there
The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
21 underneath: under lotus to lie down: lay down in/on/with secrecy branch: stem and swamp
He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
22 to cover him lotus shadow his to turn: surround him willow torrent: river
The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
23 look! to oppress river not to hurry to trust for to burst/come out Jordan to(wards) lip his
Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
24 in/on/with eye his to take: take him in/on/with snare to pierce face: nose
He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

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