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 耶和华又对约伯说：
2 "挑剔是非的， 怎能与全能者争辩呢？责备 神的， 回答这个问题吧。"
3 于是约伯回答耶和华说：
4 "我是微小的， 可以回答你什么呢？我只好用手掩口。
5 这说了一次， 不再回答； 说了二次就不再说。"
6 于是耶和华从旋风中回答约伯说：
7 "你要如勇士束腰， 我要问你， 你要告诉我。
8 你怎能废弃我所审断的？怎能定我为有罪， 好显出你自己为义呢？
9 你有 神那样的膀臂吗？你能用他那样的声音打雷吗？
10 你当以庄严与尊贵为装饰， 以尊荣与威严为衣服。
11 要倒尽你忿激的怒气， 观看所有骄傲的人， 使他们降卑。
12 观看所有骄傲的人， 把他制伏， 把恶人践踏在他们的地方，
13 把他们一起掩藏在尘土里， 把他们本人捆绑在隐密处。
14 这样， 我就要向你承认， 你的右手能拯救你。
15 你看看河马吧， 我造它像造你一样， 它吃草如牛一般。
16 你看， 它的力量在腰间， 它的能力在肚腹的肌肉上，
17 它挺直尾巴硬如香柏树， 它大腿的筋纠结在一起，
18 它的骨头仿佛铜管， 它的骨干好像铁棍。
19 它在 神所造的事工中居首， 只有创造它的能使刀剑临到它身上。
20 群山为它生出食物， 田野的百兽都在那里玩耍。
21 它躺在莲叶之下， 躺在芦苇丛中与泥泽之间；
22 莲叶的阴影遮蔽它， 溪旁的白杨树环绕它。
23 江河泛滥， 它毫不慌张， 约旦河的水涨到它的口边， 它还是安然。
24 它警觉的时候谁能捉拿它？谁能用铁圈穿它的鼻子呢？"