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