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Job 40

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1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --
1 The LORD said to Job:
2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --
3 Then Job answered the LORD:
4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
4 “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
5 I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
8 “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12 See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
12 look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
13 Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
14 And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
14 Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
15 “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;
19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
20 The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
21 Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
23 A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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