1 M oreover the Lord answered Job, and said:

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

2 “ Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” Job’s Response to God

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 vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.

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

5 O nce I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” God’s Challenge to 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 whirlwind, and said:

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

7 “ Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

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

8 “ Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would 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 H ave you an arm like God? Or 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 T hen adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.

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

11 D isperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

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

12 L ook on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

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

13 H ide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

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

14 T hen I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

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

15 “ Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.

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

16 S ee now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.

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

17 H e moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

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

18 H is bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.

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

19 H e is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

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

20 S urely the mountains yield food for him, 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 H e lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.

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

22 T he lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.

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

23 I ndeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

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

24 T hough he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

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