Job 40

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,	1 Stil speaking to Job, Yahweh said:
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.	2 Is Yahweh's opponent going to give way? Has God's critic thought up an answer?
3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,	3 Job replied to Yahweh:
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.	4 My words have been frivolous: what can I reply? I had better lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.	5 I have spoken once, I shal not speak again; I have spoken twice, I have nothing more to say.
6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,	6 Yahweh gave Job his answer from the heart of the tempest. He said:
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.	7 Brace yourself like a fighter, I am going to ask the questions, and you are to inform me!
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?	8 Do you real y want to reverse my judgement, put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?	9 Has your arm the strength of God's, can your voice thunder as loud?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.	10 Come on, display your majesty and grandeur, robe yourself in splendour and glory.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.	11 Let the fury of your anger burst forth, humble the haughty at a glance!
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.	12 At a glance, bring down al the proud, strike down the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.	13 Bury the lot of them in the ground, shut them, every one, in the Dungeon.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.	14 And I shal be the first to pay you homage, since your own right hand is strong enough to save you.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.	15 But look at Behemoth, my creature, just as you are! He feeds on greenstuff like the ox,
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.	16 but what strength he has in his loins, what power in his stomach muscles!
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.	17 His tail is as stiff as a cedar, the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.	18 His bones are bronze tubes, his frame like forged iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.	19 He is the first of the works of God. His Maker threatened him with the sword,
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.	20 forbidding him the mountain regions and al the wild animals that play there.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.	21 Under the lotus he lies, he hides among the reeds in the swamps.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.	22 The leaves of the lotus give him shade, the willows by the stream shelter him.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.	23 If the river overflows, he does not worry: Jordan might come up to his mouth, but he would not care.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.	24 Who is going to catch him by the eyes or put poles through his nose?
	25 Leviathan, too! Can you catch him with a fish-hook or hold his tongue down with a rope?
	26 Can you put a cane through his nostrils or pierce his jaw with a hook?
	27 Will he plead lengthily with you, addressing you in diffident tones?
	28 Will he strike a bargain with you to become your slave for life?
	29 Will you make a pet of him, like a bird, keep him on a lead to amuse your little girls?
	30 Is he to be sold by the fishing guild and then retailed by merchants?
	31 Riddle his hide with darts? Or his head with fishing spears?
	32 You have only to lay a finger on him never to forget the struggle or risk it again!