40:1 Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :

40:1 And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

40:2 Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et indica mihi.

40:2 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

40:3 Numquid irritum facies judicium meum, et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris ?

40:3 Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

40:4 Et si habes brachium sicut Deus ? et si voce simili tonas ?

40:4 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

40:5 Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere, et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.

40:5 Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

40:6 Disperge superbos in furore tuo, et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.

40:6 Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

40:7 Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos, et contere impios in loco suo.

40:7 Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

40:8 Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.

40:8 Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

40:9 Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.

40:9 Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.

40:10 Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.

40:10 Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

40:11 Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.

40:11 His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

40:12 Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum ; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.

40:12 He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

40:13 Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris ; cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.

40:13 His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

40:14 Ipse est principium viarum Dei : qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.

40:14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

40:15 Huic montes herbas ferunt : omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.

40:15 To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.

40:16 Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami, et in locis humentibus.

40:16 He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

40:17 Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus : circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.

40:17 The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

40:18 Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.

40:18 Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

40:19 In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.

40:19 In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

40:20 An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus ?

40:20 Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

40:21 Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus ?

40:21 Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

40:22 Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia ?

40:22 Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

40:23 Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum ?

40:23 Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

40:24 Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis ?

40:24 Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

40:25 Concident eum amici ? divident illum negotiatores ?

40:25 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

40:26 Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus, et gurgustium piscium capite illius ?

40:26 Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

40:27 Pone super eum manum tuam : memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.

40:27 Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.

40:28 Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.

40:28 Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.