en_cjb - Job 40 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Continuing to address Iyov, ADONAI said:

² “Does the critic still want to dispute Shaddai? Let him who wants to correct God give an answer!”

³ Then Iyov replied to ADONAI:

⁴ “I am too ashamed; I have nothing to say. I lay my hand over my mouth.

⁵ Yes, I spoke once, but I won’t answer more; all right, twice, but I won’t go on.”

⁶ ADONAI answered Iyov out of the storm:

⁷ “Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

⁸ “Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?

⁹ Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰ Come on, deck yourself with majesty and dignity, robe yourself in glory and splendor.

¹¹ Let loose your furious anger, look at all who are proud, and humble them.

¹² Look at all who are proud, and bring them down; tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³ Bury them in the ground together, bind their faces in the hidden world.

¹⁴ If you do this, then I will confess to you that your own power can save you.

¹⁵ “Now consider Behemot, whom I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶ What strength he has in his loins! What power in his stomach muscles!

¹⁷ He can make his tail as stiff as a cedar, the muscles in his thighs are like cables,

¹⁸ his bones are like bronze pipes, his limbs like iron bars.

¹⁹ “He ranks first among God’s works. Only his maker can approach him with his sword.

²⁰ The mountains produce food for him there, where all the wild animals play.

²¹ He lies down under the thorny lotus bushes and is hidden by the reeds in the swamp;

²² the lotus bushes cover him with their shade, and the willows by the stream surround him.

²³ If the river overflows, it doesn’t worry him; he is confident even if the Yarden rushes by his mouth.

²⁴ Can anyone catch him by his eyes or pierce his nose with a hook?

²⁵ [(41:1)] “And Livyatan! Can you catch him with a fishhook or hold his tongue down with a rope?

²⁶ [(41:2)] Can you put a ring in his nose or pierce his jaw with a barb?

²⁷ [(41:3)] Will he entreat you at length? Will he speak with you softly?

²⁸ [(41:4)] Will he agree with you to be your slave forever?

²⁹ [(41:5)] Will you play with him as you would with a bird or keep him on a string to amuse your little girls?

³⁰ [(41:6)] Will a group of fishermen turn him into a banquet? Will they divide him among the merchants?

³¹ [(41:7)] Can you fill his skin with darts or his head with fish-spears?

³² [(41:8)] If you lay your hand on him, you won’t forget the fight, and you’ll never do it again!