1 \40:6\Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,2 \40:7\Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.3 \40:8\Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?4 \40:9\Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?5 \40:10\Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:6 \40:11\Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.7 \40:12\Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.8 \40:13\Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.9 \40:14\Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.10 \40:15\See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.11 \40:16\His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.12 \40:17\His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.13 \40:18\His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.14 \40:19\He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.15 \40:20\He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.16 \40:21\He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.17 \40:22\He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.18 \40:23\Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.19 \40:24\Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?20 \41:1\Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?21 \41:2\Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?22 \41:3\Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?23 \41:4\Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?24 \41:5\Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?25 \41:6\Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?26 \41:7\Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?27 \41:8\Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!28 \41:9\Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!

1 Disse mais o Senhor a Jó:2 Contenderá contra o Todo-Poderoso o censurador? Quem assim argüi a Deus, responda a estas coisas.3 Então Jó respondeu ao Senhor, e disse:4 Eis que sou vil; que te responderia eu? Antes ponho a minha mão sobre a boca.5 Uma vez tenho falado, e não replicarei; ou ainda duas vezes, porém não prosseguirei.6 Então, do meio do redemoinho, o Senhor respondeu a Jó:7 Cinge agora os teus lombos como homem; eu te perguntarei a ti, e tu me responderás.8 Farás tu vão também o meu juízo, ou me condenarás para te justificares a ti?9 Ou tens braço como Deus; ou podes trovejar com uma voz como a dele?10 Orna-te, pois, de excelência e dignidade, e veste-te de glória e de esplendor.11 Derrama as inundações da tua ira, e atenta para todo soberbo, e abate-o.12 Olha para todo soberbo, e humilha-o, e calca aos pés os ímpios onde estão.13 Esconde-os juntamente no pó; ata-lhes os rostos no lugar escondido.14 Então também eu de ti confessarei que a tua mão direita te poderá salvar.15 Contempla agora o hipopótamo, que eu criei como a ti, que come a erva como o boi.16 Eis que a sua força está nos seus lombos, e o seu poder nos músculos do seu ventre.17 Ele enrija a sua cauda como o cedro; os nervos das suas coxas são entretecidos.18 Os seus ossos são como tubos de bronze, as suas costelas como barras de ferro.19 Ele é obra prima dos caminhos de Deus; aquele que o fez o proveu da sua espada.20 Em verdade os montes lhe produzem pasto, onde todos os animais do campo folgam.21 Deita-se debaixo dos lotos, no esconderijo dos canaviais e no pântano.22 Os lotos cobrem-no com sua sombra; os salgueiros do ribeiro o cercam.23 Eis que se um rio trasborda, ele não treme; sente-se seguro ainda que o Jordão se levante até a sua boca.24 Poderá alguém apanhá-lo quando ele estiver de vigia, ou com laços lhe furar o nariz?