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40:1  Moreover Hashem answered Iyov, and said,
40:2  Shall he that contendeth with Shaddai correct him? The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker of G-d), let him answer it.
40:3  Then Iyov answered Hashem, and said,
40:4  See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? I will lay mine yad upon my mouth.
40:5  Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, shtayim (twice), but I will proceed no further.
40:6  Then answered Hashem unto Iyov out of the whirlwind, and said,
40:7  Gird up thy loins now like a gever. I will question thee, and thou shall answer Me.
40:8  Wilt thou also annul My mishpat (justice)? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
40:9  Hast thou a zero’a like El? Or canst thou thunder with a kol (voice) like Him?
40:10  Adorn thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with hod (glory) and hadar (splendor).
40:11  Unleash thy evrot af (furious wrath); and behold every one that is proud, and bring him low.
40:12  Look on every one that is proud, and humble him, and tread down the resha’im in their place.
40:13  Bury them in the aphar together; shroud their faces in the crypt.
40:14  Then odecha (will I confess, admit unto thee) that thine own right hand can save thee.
40:15  Hinei now behemot (hippopotamus), which I made along with thee; he eateth grass like an ox.
40:16  Hinei now, his koach is in his loins, and his force is in the sinews of his beten (belly).
40:17  He moveth his zanav (tail) like a cedar branch; the sinews of his thighs are firmly interwoven.
40:18  His atzmot are like tubes of nechoshet; his limbs are like rods of barzel (iron).
40:19  He is the reshit (firstling) of the ways of El; He, his Maker, can approach it with His cherev.
40:20  Surely the harim bring forth food for him, where all the wild beasts play.
40:21  He lieth under the shade of lotus plants, beseter (in the covert) of the reed and marsh.
40:22  The lotus plants cover him with their shadow; the willows by the nakhal (brook, stream) surround him.
40:23  See, when the nahar (river) rages, he is not alarmed; he is confident, though Yarden breaketh forth upon his mouth.
40:24  While he is looking can one capture him? With mokeshim (hooks) can one pierce his nose?