Job:38-41
vw@Job:38:1 @ Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said:
vw@Job:38:2 @ Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
vw@Job:38:3 @ Now gird up your loins like a man; I will consult with you, and you declare unto Me.
vw@Job:38:4 @ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have become acquainted with understanding.
vw@Job:38:5 @ Who has fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who has stretched the line upon it?
vw@Job:38:6 @ To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
vw@Job:38:7 @ when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
vw@Job:38:8 @ Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth and came forth from the womb;
vw@Job:38:9 @ when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band;
vw@Job:38:10 @ when I broke My limit for it, and set bars and doors;
vw@Job:38:11 @ and said, This far you may come, but no farther, and here your proud waves shall stay!?
vw@Job:38:12 @ Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
vw@Job:38:13 @ that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
vw@Job:38:14 @ It takes on form like clay under a seal, and stands out like a garment.
vw@Job:38:15 @ From the wicked their light is withheld, and the lofty arm is broken.
vw@Job:38:16 @ Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
vw@Job:38:17 @ Have the gates of death been disclosed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
vw@Job:38:18 @ Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all!
vw@Job:38:19 @ Where is the way to where light dwells? And darkness, where is its place,
vw@Job:38:20 @ that you may take it to its territory, that you may observe the paths to its house?
vw@Job:38:21 @ You know, because you were born then, and because the number of your days is great.
vw@Job:38:22 @ Have you entered the storehouses of snow, or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
vw@Job:38:23 @ which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
vw@Job:38:24 @ By what way is light diffused, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
vw@Job:38:25 @ Who has split a channel for the flood, or a path for the thunderbolt,
vw@Job:38:26 @ to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, a wilderness devoid of mankind;
vw@Job:38:27 @ to satisfy the desolate waste, and cause to spring forth the growth of vegetation?
vw@Job:38:28 @ Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
vw@Job:38:29 @ From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of the heavens, who has given it birth?
vw@Job:38:30 @ The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is stuck together.
vw@Job:38:31 @ Can you bind the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
vw@Job:38:32 @ Can you bring out the constellations in their seasons? Or can you guide Ursa Major with its sons?
vw@Job:38:33 @ Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you appoint their authority over the earth?
vw@Job:38:34 @ Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?
vw@Job:38:35 @ Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are!?
vw@Job:38:36 @ Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
vw@Job:38:37 @ Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can lay down the pitchers of the heavens,
vw@Job:38:38 @ when the dust is poured into castings, and the clods cling together?
vw@Job:38:39 @ Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
vw@Job:38:40 @ when they crouch in their dens, or sit in their lairs to lie in wait?
vw@Job:38:41 @ Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry out to the Mighty God, and wander about for lack of food?
vw@Job:39:1 @ Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you keep watch for when the deer gives birth?
vw@Job:39:2 @ Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bring forth,
vw@Job:39:3 @ when they crouch, bring forth their young, and deliver their pangs?
vw@Job:39:4 @ Their young ones are healthy, they grow up with grain; when they have departed they do not return to them.
vw@Job:39:5 @ Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bands of the wild ass,
vw@Job:39:6 @ whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling?
vw@Job:39:7 @ He scorns the tumult of the city; he does not heed the clamor of the driver.
vw@Job:39:8 @ The mountain ranges are his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
vw@Job:39:9 @ Will the oryx consent to serve you? Will he pass the night by your feeding trough?
vw@Job:39:10 @ Can you bind the oryx in the furrow with ropes? Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
vw@Job:39:11 @ Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
vw@Job:39:12 @ Will you trust him to bring back your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?
vw@Job:39:13 @ Have you made the wings of the ostrich flap joyously, or the wings and feathers of the stork?
vw@Job:39:14 @ For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust;
vw@Job:39:15 @ she does not care that a foot may crush them, or that a beast of the field may trample them.
vw@Job:39:16 @ She treats her young roughly, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain without fear,
vw@Job:39:17 @ because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and has not imparted understanding to her.
vw@Job:39:18 @ When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
vw@Job:39:19 @ Have you given the horse its strength? Have you clothed its neck with a mane?
vw@Job:39:20 @ Can you make him leap like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.
vw@Job:39:21 @ He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; he goes forth to meet the weapons.
vw@Job:39:22 @ He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; nor does he turn back from the sword.
vw@Job:39:23 @ The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and javelin.
vw@Job:39:24 @ He swallows the ground with rumbling and agitation; nor does he stand still at the sound of the shofar.
vw@Job:39:25 @ Every time the shofar sounds he says, Aha! He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of captains and shouting.
vw@Job:39:26 @ Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and spread its wings toward the south?
vw@Job:39:27 @ Does the eagle mount up at your mouth, and make its nest on high?
vw@Job:39:28 @ It settles down and dwells on the rocks, on the crag of the rock and the stronghold.
vw@Job:39:29 @ From there it searches for food; its eyes see great distances.
vw@Job:39:30 @ Its young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there it is.
vw@Job:40:1 @ Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said:
vw@Job:40:2 @ Shall the one who contends with the Almighty find fault? He who reproves God, let him testify.
vw@Job:40:3 @ Then Job answered Jehovah and said:
vw@Job:40:4 @ Behold, I have been vile! What shall I answer You? I have put my hand to my mouth.
vw@Job:40:5 @ Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
vw@Job:40:6 @ Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said:
vw@Job:40:7 @ Now gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare unto Me:
vw@Job:40:8 @ Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
vw@Job:40:9 @ Have you an arm like the Mighty God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
vw@Job:40:10 @ Adorn yourself with majesty and grandeur, and clothe yourself with glory and honor.
vw@Job:40:11 @ Scatter abroad the outburst of your anger; look upon everyone who is proud, and humiliate him.
vw@Job:40:12 @ Look upon everyone who is proud, and humble him; tread down the wicked in their place.
vw@Job:40:13 @ Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in darkness.
vw@Job:40:14 @ Then I will also confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
vw@Job:40:15 @ Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox.
vw@Job:40:16 @ See now, his power is in his hips, and his strength is in the muscles of his belly.
vw@Job:40:17 @ He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
vw@Job:40:18 @ His bones are like channels of bronze, his ribs like bars of iron.
vw@Job:40:19 @ He is the first of the ways of the Mighty God; only He who made him can bring near His sword.
vw@Job:40:20 @ Surely the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.
vw@Job:40:21 @ He lies under the lotus, in the shelter of the reeds and marsh.
vw@Job:40:22 @ The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him.
vw@Job:40:23 @ If the river becomes violent he is not alarmed; he is confident, though the Jordan bursts forth against his mouth.
vw@Job:40:24 @ Can anyone capture him before his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?
vw@Job:41:1 @ Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a cord which you let down?
vw@Job:41:2 @ Can you put a reed rope through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
vw@Job:41:3 @ Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak gentle words to you?
vw@Job:41:4 @ Will he make a covenant with you? Will you capture him as a slave forever?
vw@Job:41:5 @ Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you bind him on a leash for your maidens?
vw@Job:41:6 @ Will your associates bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
vw@Job:41:7 @ Can you fill his skin with barbs, or his head with fishing spears?
vw@Job:41:8 @ Lay your hand upon him; remember the battle; you will not do it again!
vw@Job:41:9 @ Behold, any hope regarding him is false; shall one not be thrown down at the mere sight of him?
vw@Job:41:10 @ No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand before Me?
vw@Job:41:11 @ Who has anticipated Me, that I should repay? Everything under the heavens is Mine.
vw@Job:41:12 @ I will not keep silent with lies about his mighty utterances, or his graceful proportions.
vw@Job:41:13 @ Who has laid bare the face of his apparel? Who can come upon him with a double bridle?
vw@Job:41:14 @ Who has opened the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around?
vw@Job:41:15 @ His rows of shields are his pride, closed up as a tight seal;
vw@Job:41:16 @ one is so near another that no air can come between them;
vw@Job:41:17 @ they are joined one to another, they stick together and cannot be separated.
vw@Job:41:18 @ His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
vw@Job:41:19 @ Out of his mouth go burning torches; sparks of fire shoot out.
vw@Job:41:20 @ Smoke goes out of his nostrils, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
vw@Job:41:21 @ His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
vw@Job:41:22 @ Strength abides in his neck, and sorrow dances before him.
vw@Job:41:23 @ The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him and cannot be moved.
vw@Job:41:24 @ His heart is cast hard as stone, even cast hard as the lower millstone.
vw@Job:41:25 @ When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
vw@Job:41:26 @ Though the sword overtakes him, it does not stick; nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
vw@Job:41:27 @ He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
vw@Job:41:28 @ The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned into stubble by him.
vw@Job:41:29 @ Darts are regarded as straw; he laughs at the rattling of javelins.
vw@Job:41:30 @ His undersides are like sharp potsherds; he spreads sharp marks in the mire.
vw@Job:41:31 @ He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
vw@Job:41:32 @ He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep was gray-headed.
vw@Job:41:33 @ On earth there is nothing like him, which is made without fear.
vw@Job:41:34 @ He beholds every high thing; he is king over all the children of pride.
vw@Job:42:1 @ Then Job answered Jehovah and said:
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