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 Poi il Signore parlò a Giobbe, e disse:

2 Colui che litiga con l’Onnipotente lo correggerà egli? Colui che arguisce Iddio risponda a questo.

3 E Giobbe rispose al Signore, e disse:

4 Ecco, io sono avvilito; che ti risponderei io? Io metto la mia mano in su la bocca.

5 Io ho parlato una volta, ma non replicherò più; Anzi due, ma non continuerò più

6 E il Signore parlò di nuovo a Giobbe dal turbo, e disse:

7 Cingiti ora i lombi, come un valente uomo; Io ti farò delle domande, e tu insegnami.

8 Annullerai tu pure il mio giudicio, E mi condannerai tu per giustificarti?

9 Hai tu un braccio simile a quel di Dio? O tuoni tu con la voce come egli?

10 Adornati pur di magnificenza e di altezza; E vestiti di maestà e di gloria.

11 Spandi i furori dell’ira tua, E riguarda ogni altiero, ed abbassalo;

12 Riguarda ogni altiero, ed atterralo; E trita gli empi, e spronfondali;

13 Nascondili tutti nella polvere, E tura loro la faccia in grotte;

14 Allora anch’io ti darò questa lode, Che la tua destra ti può salvare

15 Ecco l’ippopotamo, il quale io ho fatto teco; Egli mangia l’erba come il bue.

16 Ecco, la sua forza è ne’ lombi, E la sua possa nei muscoli del suo ventre.

17 Egli rizza la sua coda come un cedro; Ed i nervi delle sue coscie sono intralciati.

18 Le sue ossa son come sbarre di rame, Come mazze di ferro.

19 Egli è la principale delle opere di Dio; Sol colui che l’ha fatto può accostargli la sua spada.

20 Perchè i monti gli producono il pasco, Tutte le bestie della campagna vi scherzano.

21 Egli giace sotto gli alberi ombrosi, In ricetti di canne e di paludi.

22 Gli alberi ombrosi lo coprono con l’ombra loro; I salci de’ torrenti l’intorniano.

23 Ecco, egli può far forza ad un fiume, sì che non corra; Egli si fida di potersi attrarre il Giordano nella gola.

24 Prenderallo alcuno alla sua vista? Foreragli egli il naso, per mettervi de’ lacci?