Job 40:8-Job 41:34 - Yahweh Interrogates Job Again

⁸ Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me so that thou shalt be just? ⁹ And if an arm to thee as God? and with thy voice wilt thou thunder as he?

¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and grandeur, and thou shalt put on ornament and splendor. ¹¹ Scatter the overflowings of thine anger, and see every proud one and bring him low. ¹² See every proud one, and humble him; and crush the unjust in their place. ¹³ Hide them in the dust together, and bind their faces in hiding. ¹⁴ And also I will confess to thee that thy right hand shall save for thee.

¹⁵ Behold now, the great beast which I made with thee; he will eat grass as an ox. ¹⁶ Behold now, his strength in his loins, and his power in the sinews of his belly. ¹⁷ He will bend his tail as a cedar; the sinews of his thighs will be woven together. ¹⁸ His bones tubes of brass; his bones as a hammered bar of iron. ¹⁹ He the chief of the ways of God: he making him, his sword will reach. ²⁰ For the mountains shall lift up produce for him, and all the beasts of the field shall play there. ²¹ He will lie down under the shades, in the covering of the reed and marsh. ²² The shades shall cover him with their shadow; the willows of the torrent shall surround him. ²³ Behold, he will oppress a river, and he will not spring up: he will trust that Jordan burst forth into his mouth. ²⁴ He will take it with his eyes: his nose will pierce through snares.

¹ Wilt thou draw out the crocodile with a hook and with a cord wilt thou press down his tongue? ² Wilt thou put a rope in his nose? and wilt thou hollow out his jaw with a thorn? ³ Will he multiply supplications to thee? will he speak soft things to thee? ⁴ Will he cut out a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant forever? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as a bird? and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall companions give a feast upon him? shall they divide him between the Canaanites? ⁷ Wilt thou fill his skin with pointed weapons? and his head with fish spears? ⁸ Put thy hand upon him; remember the battle, thou shalt not add. ⁹ Behold, his hope was false: shall he not be cast down at his sight? ¹⁰ None fierce that he will rouse him up: and who is he will stand before me? ¹¹ Who anticipated me, and I will recompense? under all the heavens it is to me.

¹² I will not be silent for him, and the word of powers and the beauty of his preparation. ¹³ Who uncovered the face of his clothing? who shall come with his double bridle? ¹⁴ Who opened the doors of his face? his teeth a terror round about ¹⁵ Pride of strong shields shut up with a seal of straitness. ¹⁶ One shall touch upon another, and the wind shall not come between them. ¹⁷ They will adhere each in his brotherhood, they will hold together, and they will not be separated. ¹⁸ His sneezings a light will shine, and his eyes as the eyelashes of the dawning of day. ¹⁹ From his mouth flaming torches shall go forth; sparks of fire will escape. ²⁰ From his nostrils srnoke will come forth as a blown pot, and a caldron. ²¹ His soul will kindle coals, and a flame will go forth from his mouth. ²² In his neck will lodge strength, and terror will leap before him. ²³ The flaps of his flesh adhered: it will press upon him; it will not be moved. ²⁴ His heart will press as a stone; and it will press as the under millstone. ²⁵ His lifting up, the mighty will be stirred up: from breaking they shall purify themselves. ²⁶ The sword reaching him, shall not be raised up: the spear, the dart, and the coat of mail. ²⁷ He will reckon iron for straw, and brass for wood of rottenness ²⁸ The son of the bow shall not cause him to flee: sling-stones were turned to him for stubble. ²⁹ The bludgeon was reckoned to him for stubble: and he will laugh at the shaking of the javelin. ³⁰ Sharpnesses of the potsherd under him: he will spread a trench upon the mire. ³¹ He will cause the deep to boil as a pot: he will set the sea as ointment ³² He will cause a beaten path to shine after him: the deep will be reckoned to be hoary. ³³ None upon the dust being like him; he made him without fear. ³⁴ He will see every thing high: he is king over all the sons of pride.