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 RAB Eyüpe şöyle dedi:
2 ‹‹Her Şeye Gücü Yetenle çatışan Onu yola getirebilir mi? 2 Tanrıyı suçlayan yanıtlasın.››
3 O zaman Eyüp RABbi şöyle yanıtladı:
4 ‹‹Bak, ben değersiz biriyim, 2 Sana nasıl yanıt verebilirim? 2 Ağzımı elimle kapıyorum.
5 Bir kez konuştum, yanıt almadım, 2 İkinci kez konuşamam artık.››
6 RAB kasırganın içinden Eyüpü şöyle yanıtladı:
7 ‹‹Şimdi erkek gibi kuşağını beline vur da, 2 Ben sorayım, sen anlat.
8 ‹‹Adaletimi boşa mı çıkaracaksın? 2 Kendini haklı çıkarmak için beni mi suçlayacaksın?
9 Sende Tanrının bileği gibi bilek var mı? 2 Sesin Onunki gibi gürleyebilir mi?
10 Öyleyse şan ve şerefe bürün, 2 Görkem ve yücelik kuşan.
11 Gazabının ateşini saç, 2 Gururluya bakıp onu alçalt.
12 Gururluya bakıp onu çökert, 2 Kötüleri bulundukları yerde ez.
13 Hepsini birlikte toprağa göm, 2 Mezarda yüzlerini kefenle sar.
14 O zaman sağ kolunun seni kurtarabileceğini 2 Ben de kabul ederim.
15 ‹‹Seninle birlikte yarattığım Behemota bak, 2 Sığır gibi ot yiyor. bilinmiyor. Su aygırı, fil, timsah ya da soyu tükenmiş bir hayvan olduğu sanılıyor.
16 Bak, ne güç var belinde, 2 Karnının kasları ne güçlü!
17 Kuyruğunu sedir ağacı gibi sallıyor, 2 Sımsıkıdır uyluk lifleri.
18 Kemikleri tunç borular, 2 Kaburgaları demir çubuklar gibidir.
19 Tanrının yapıtları arasında ilk sırayı alır, 2 Yalnız Yaratıcısı ona kılıçla yaklaşır.
20 Tepeler ürünlerini ona getirir, 2 Bütün yabanıl hayvanlar yanında oynaşır.
21 Hünnap çalıları altında, 2 Kamışlarla örtülü bir bataklıkta yatar.
22 Hünnaplar onu gölgelerinde saklar, 2 Vadideki kavaklar kuşatır.
23 Irmak coşsa bile o ürkmez, 2 Güvenlik içindedir, 2 Şeria Irmağı boğazına dayansa bile.
24 Gözleri açıkken kim onu tutabilir, 2 Kim kancayla burnunu delebilir?