Moreover YAHWEH1 answered Ayub2,
2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3Then Ayub answered YAHWEH,
4“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
5I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6Then YAHWEH answered Ayub out of the whirlwind,
7“Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer me.
8Will you even annul my judgment?
Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9Or have you an arm like God?
Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.
Array yourself with honour and majesty.
11Pour forth the fury of your anger.
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Crush the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14Then I will also admit to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15“See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you.
He eats grass as an ox.
16Look now, his strength is in his loins,
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17He moves his tail like a cedar:
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his sword.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food,
Where all the animals of the field do play.
21He lies under the lotus trees,
In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him.
23Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble.
He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch,
Or pierce through his nose with a snare?”
- 40:1 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎
- 40:1 Ayub, this Arabic name and the English name Job are derived from the Hebrew name Iyyob, which means “persecuted.” ↩︎