Job 40
1 And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Will [any one] pervert judgement with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? he that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3 And Job answered and said to the Lord,
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4 Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Nay, gird up now your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Do not set aside my judgement: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous?
Wilt thou even disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 Hast you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his?
Or hast thou an arm like God? and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honour.
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; and array thyself with honour and majesty.
11 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger: and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden [place].
14 [Then] will I confess that your right hand can save [you].
Then wilt I also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 But now look at the wild beasts with you; they eat grass like oxen.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as all ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
His bones are as tubes of brass; his limbs are like bars of iron.
19 This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he [only] that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
20 And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play.
21 He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
He lieth under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22 And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not: he is confident, though Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24 [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
