KJ3 Literal Translation
Job 40
1 Job humbles himself to Jehovah. 6 Jehovah stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom.
1¶ And Jehovah answered Job and said:
2Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered Jehovah and said:
4Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will put my hand to my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will go no further.
6¶ And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest and said:
7Now gird up your loins like a man. I will question you; and you make Me to know.
8Yea, will you also nullify My judgment; will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
9And have you an arm like God; or can you thunder with a voice like His?
10Adorn yourself with majesty now, and be exalted, and clothe yourself with glory and honor;
11pour forth the outbursts of your anger; yea, look on everyone who is a proud one, and bring him down low;
12look on every proud one, and humble him, and trample the wicked ones in their place;
13hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in darkness.
14And I also will confess to you that your right hand can save you.
15¶ Now behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;
16see, now, his strength is in his loins, and his force in the muscles of his belly;
17he hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together;
18his bones are like tubes of bronze; his bones like bars of iron;
19he is the first in the ways of God; His Maker brings near his sword.
20For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21He lies under the lotus, in the hiding-place of the reed and the marsh;
22the lotus trees cover him in its shadow; the willows of the torrent circle him.
23Behold, a flood oppresses, even if Jordan burst forth against his mouth.
24Shall any take him before his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?
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