Job 40
1 And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
2 Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
"Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
3 Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
Then Job answered the LORD,
4 What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
"Look, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, 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,
7 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you 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.
"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush 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 I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
"Look now at the sauropod, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
He moves 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 like tubes of bronze. His limbs 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 chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
Look, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even 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 when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
