Job 40:1
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --
Job 40:2
Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
Job 40:3
And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --
Job 40:4
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
Job 40:5
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
Job 40:6
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
Job 40:7
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
Job 40:8
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Job 40:9
And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
Job 40:10
Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
Job 40:11
Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
Job 40:12
See every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Job 40:14
And even I--I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
Job 40:15
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
Job 40:16
Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
Job 40:18
His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.
Job 40:19
He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
Job 40:20
For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
Job 40:21
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
Job 40:22
Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
Job 40:23
Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
Job 40:24
Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?