1 A más de eso respondió Jehová á Job y dijo:

2 ¿Es sabiduría contender con el Omnipotente? El que disputa con Dios, responda á esto.

3 Y respondió Job á Jehová, y dijo:

4 He aquí que yo soy vil, ¿qué te responderé? Mi mano pongo sobre mi boca.

5 Una vez hablé, y no responderé: Aun dos veces, mas no tornaré á hablar.

6 ENTONCES respondió Jehová á Job desde la oscuridad, y dijo:

7 Cíñete ahora como varón tus lomos; Yo te preguntaré, y explícame.

8 ¿Invalidarás tú también mi juicio? ¿Me condenarás á mí, para justificarte á ti?

9 ¿Tienes tú brazo como Dios? ¿Y tronarás tú con voz como él?

10 Atavíate ahora de majestad y de alteza: Y vístete de honra y de hermosura.

11 Esparce furores de tu ira: Y mira á todo soberbio, y abátelo.

12 Mira á todo soberbio, y humíllalo, Y quebranta á los impíos en su asiento.

13 Encúbrelos á todos en el polvo, Venda sus rostros en la oscuridad;

14 Y yo también te confesaré Que podrá salvarte tu diestra.

15 He aquí ahora behemoth, al cual yo hice contigo; Hierba come como buey.

16 He aquí ahora que su fuerza está en sus lomos, Y su fortaleza en el ombligo de su vientre.

17 Su cola mueve como un cedro, Y los nervios de sus genitales son entretejidos.

18 Sus huesos son fuertes como bronce, Y sus miembros como barras de hierro.

19 El es la cabeza de los caminos de Dios: El que lo hizo, puede hacer que su cuchillo á él se acerque.

20 Ciertamente los montes producen hierba para él: Y toda bestia del campo retoza allá.

21 Echaráse debajo de las sombras, En lo oculto de las cañas, y de los lugares húmedos.

22 Los árboles sombríos lo cubren con su sombra; Los sauces del arroyo lo cercan.

23 He aquí que él tomará el río sin inmutarse: Y confíase que el Jordán pasará por su boca.

24 ¿Tomarálo alguno por sus ojos en armadijos, Y horadará su nariz?

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!