Job 40 — T4T

Yahweh continued his reply to Job

40Verse 1Then Yahweh said to Job,^{Verse 2}“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One?Since you criticize me, ◄you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?► [RHQ]”

Job replied to Yahweh

^{Verse 3}Then Job replied to Yahweh,^{Verse 4}“Now I realize that I am completely worthless. So ◄how could I answer those questions?/I could not possibly answer those questions!► [RHQ]I will put my hand over my mouth and not say anything.^{Verse 5}I have already said more than I should have said,so now I will say nothing more.”

Yahweh challenged Job

^{Verse 6}Then Yahweh again spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,^{Verse 7}“I want to ask you some more questions.So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET],
prepare yourself again to answer some more questions.^{Verse 8}“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust?Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?^{Verse 9}Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am?Can your voice sound as loud as thunder, as mine can?^{Verse 10}If you can do that, put on the robesthat show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!^{Verse 11}Show that you are very angry;show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are very proud!^{Verse 12}Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrilyCrush wicked people quickly!^{Verse 13}Bury them in the ground!Send them to the place where dead people are,
where they will not be able to get out!^{Verse 14}After you do that, I will congratulate/praise youand say that truly you can save yourself by your own ability/power.^{Verse 15}“Think also about the huge animals that live near the water.I made you, and I made them also.
They eat grass, like oxen do.^{Verse 16}Their legs/thighs are very strong,and the muscles of their bellies are very powerful.^{Verse 17}Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree.The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.^{Verse 18}Their thigh bones are like tubes made of bronze,and the bones of their legs are like bars made of iron.^{Verse 19}They are among the strongest of the animals that I made,and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.^{Verse 20}On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eatwhile many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.^{Verse 21}They lie down in the water under the lotus plants;they hide in tall reeds in the swamps.^{Verse 22}Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants,and they are surrounded by poplar trees.^{Verse 23}They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers;they are not even disturbed/frightened when rivers like the Jordan River rush over them.^{Verse 24}No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyesor by piercing their noses with the teeth of a trap!”