Job 40:1
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
Job 40:2
Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
Job 40:3
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
Job 40:4
Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Job 40:5
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Job 40:6
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
Job 40:8
Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
Job 40:9
Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job 40:10
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
Job 40:11
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
Job 40:12
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
Job 40:14
Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
Job 40:16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
Job 40:17
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job 40:18
His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
Job 40:19
He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Job 40:21
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
Job 40:22
The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
Job 40:23
Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Job 40:24
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?