Job 40

1Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,

1And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

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

2Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

3Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

3And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

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

4Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

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

5Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

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

6And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

7Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

8Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

9And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

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

10Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

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

12See every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

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

13Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

14And even I--I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

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

15Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

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

16Lo, I pray thee, his power <FI>is<Fi> in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

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

17He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

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

18His bones <FI>are<Fi> tubes of brass, His bones <FI>are<Fi> as a bar of iron.

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

19He <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

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

20For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

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

21Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

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

22Cover him do shades, <FI>with<Fi> their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

23Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

24Before his eyes doth <FI>one<Fi> take him, With snares doth <FI>one<Fi> pierce the nose?