Job 40
1 God continued speaking to Job.
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
2 “Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
"Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
3 Job answered the Lord,
Then Job answered the LORD,
4 “Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.
"Look, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
7 “Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!
"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Consider Behemoth, a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.
"Look now at the sauropod, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.
His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 It lies under the lotus; it hides in the reeds of the marsh.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.
Look, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
