Job 40
1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
Then Job answered the LORD, and said:
4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?
10 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.
17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.
20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.
24 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
