1 T hen the Lord said to Job,

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

2 “ Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.”

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

3 T hen Job answered the Lord and said,

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

4 “ Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth.

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

5 “ Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more.” God Questions Job

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

6 T hen the Lord answered Job out of the storm and said,

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

7 “ Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

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

8 “ Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

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

9 “ Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?

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

10 “ Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

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

11 “ Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

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

12 “ Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked where they stand.

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

13 “ Hide them in the dust together; Bind them in the hidden place.

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

14 “ Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you. God’s Power Shown in Creatures

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

15 “ Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.

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

16 “ Behold now, his strength in his loins And his power in the muscles of his belly.

Lo, I pray thee, his power in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

17 “ He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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

18 “ His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones tubes of brass, His bones as a bar of iron.

19 “ He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword.

He a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

20 “ Surely the mountains bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play there.

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

21 “ Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

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

22 “ The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him.

Cover him do shades, their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

23 “ If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

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

24 “ Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

Before his eyes doth take him, With snares doth pierce the nose?