1 Prosseguiu Jeová na sua resposta a Jó, e disse:
2 Acaso com o Todo-poderoso contenderá quem usa de cavilações? Responda a isso quem argüi a Deus.
3 Então respondeu Jó a Jeová:
4 Eis que sou vil, que te hei de responder? Ponho a minha mão sobre a boca.
5 Uma vez falei, e não direi mais; Sim duas vezes, porém não prosseguirei.
6 Então o redemoinho respondeu Jeová a Jó:
7 Cinge os teus lombos como homem; Eu te perguntarei, e tu me responderás.
8 Porventura farás tu vão o meu juízo? Condenar-me-ás para te justificares a ti?
9 Ou tens tu um braço como Deus? E podes trovejar com a voz como ele o faz?
10 Orna-te de excelência e de dignidade, E veste-te de honra e de majestade.
11 Derrama as inundações da tua ira: Olha para todo o soberbo e abate-o;
12 Olha para todo o soberbo e humilha-o, E calca aos pés os iníquos onde estão.
13 Esconde-os juntamente no pó, Ata-lhes os rostos no lugar escondido.
14 Então eu também confessarei a respeito de ti Que a tua destra te poderá salvar.
15 Eis beemote, que eu criei contigo; Ele come o feno como o boi.
16 Eis que a sua fortaleza está nos seus lombos, E a sua força está nos músculos do seu ventre.
17 Move a sua cauda como o cedro: Os nervos da sua coxa são entretecidos.
18 Os seus ossos são como tubos de bronze, As suas costelas são como barras de ferro.
19 Ele é o principal das obras de Deus; Aquele que o fez, o proviu de espada.
20 Na verdade os montes lhe produzem pastos, E ali folgam todos os animais do campo.
21 Deita-se debaixo dos lotos, No esconderijo dos canaviais e no pântano.
22 Os lotos cobrem-no com a sua sombra, Os salgueiros do ribeiro o rodeiam.
23 Se um rio trasbordar, ele não treme; Está sem cuidado ainda que o Jordão se levante até a sua boca.
24 Poderá alguém apanhá-lo, quando ele estiver de vigia, Ou pôr-lhe um anel ao 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!