May 26 - Job 39-42
Job
1Do you know at what time the wild goats have given birth among the rocks, or do you observe the deer when they go into labor2Have you numbered the months since their conception, and do you know at what time they gave birth3They bend themselves for their offspring, and they give birth, and they emit roars4Their young are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them5Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds6I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land7He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector8He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants9Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall10Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you11Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him12Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor13The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk14When she leaves eggs behind in the earth, will you perhaps warm them in the dust15She forgets that feet may trample them, or that the beasts of the field may shatter them16She is hardened against her young, as if they were not hers; she has labored in vain, with no fear compelling her17For God has deprived her of wisdom; neither has he given her understanding18Yet, when the time is right, she raises her wings on high; she ridicules the horse and his rider19Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing20Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils21He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men22He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword23Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake24Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds25When he hears the bugle, he says, "Ha!" He smells the battle from a distance, the exhortation of the officers, and the battle cry of the soldiers26Does the hawk grow feathers by means of your wisdom, spreading her wings towards the south27Will the eagle lift herself up at your command and make her nest in steep places28She dwells among the rocks, and she lingers among broken boulders and inaccessible cliffs29From there, she looks for food, and her eyes catch sight of it from far away30Her young will drink blood, and wherever the carcass will be, she is there immediately
1And the Lord continued, and he said to Job2Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him3Then Job answered the Lord, saying4What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth5One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more6But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said7Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me8Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified9And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder10Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments11Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them12Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place13Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit14Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you15Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox16His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen17He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together18His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword20The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there21He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places22The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him23Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth24He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes
1Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord2Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band3Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly4Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever5Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids6Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him7Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes8Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more9Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down10I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance11Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine12I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication13Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth14Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth15His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another16One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them17They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated18His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning19Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly20Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling21His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth22Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence23The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place24His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil25When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves26When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate27For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood28The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him29He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear30The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay31He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do32A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age33There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one34He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance
1Then Job, responding to the Lord, said:2I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you3So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge4Listen, and I will speak. I will question you, and you may answer me5By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you6Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes7But after the Lord had finished speaking these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath has been kindled against you, and against your two friends, because you have not been speaking correctly in my eyes, as my servant Job has done8Therefore, have seven bulls and seven rams brought to you, and go to my servant Job, and offer these as a holocaust for yourselves. But also, my servant Job will pray for you; I will accept his face, so that foolishness will not be imputed to you. For you have not been speaking correctly about me, as my servant Job has done9So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite departed, and they did just as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job10Likewise, the Lord was moved by the repentance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before11Yet all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and everyone who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house. They also shook their heads over him and comforted him, because of all the bad things that God had inflicted on him. And each one of them gave him one female sheep, and one earring of gold12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys13And he had seven sons and three daughters14And he called the name of one, Daylight, and the name of the second, Cinnamon, and the name of the third, Horn of Cosmetics15And, in the whole world, there were not found women so beautiful as the daughters of Job. And so their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers16But Job lived long after these events, for a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children’s children, all the way to the fourth generation,17and he died an old man and full of days.