Job 40
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Job 40
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| Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said, | Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer. |
| Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. | And Job said in answer to the Lord, |
| Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, | Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth. |
| Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. | I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again. |
| Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. | Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, |
| Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, | Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. |
| Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. | Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right? |
| Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? | Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his? |
| Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? | Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power: |
| Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty. | Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low. |
| Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. | Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places. |
| Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. | Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld. |
| Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place]. | Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation. |
| Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee. | See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox. |
| Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox. | His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. |
| Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly. | His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together. |
| He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. | His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron. |
| His bones are [as] tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron. | He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure. |
| He is the chief of the ways of God: He [only] that made him giveth him his sword. | He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play. |
| Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play. | He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants. |
| He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. | He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him. |
| The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about. | Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth. |
| Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth. | Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, |
| Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? | or put metal teeth through his nose? |
