Job 40

¹ Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

² Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

³ Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

⁴ Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁵ Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶ Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁸ Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

⁹ Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰ Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.

¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³ Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹⁴ Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵ Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

¹⁶ Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷ He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸ His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

¹⁹ He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword.

²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

²¹ He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

²² The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

²³ Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

²⁴ Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?