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?