Job 39:26–40:5

²⁶“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,

Stretching his wings toward the south?

²⁷“Is it at your ¹command that the eagle goes on high

And raises ^ahis nest high?

²⁸“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,

Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.

²⁹“From there he ^1aspies out food;

His eyes see it from afar.

³⁰“His young ones also suck up blood;

And ^awhere the slain are, there is he.”

CHAPTER 40

Job Places His Hand Over His Mouth

¹Then Yahweh answered Job and said,

²“Will the faultfinder ^acontend with the Almighty?

Let him who ^breproves God answer it.”

³Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?

I ^aplace my hand over my mouth.

⁵“Once I have spoken, and ^aI will not answer;

Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”