Job 40

1 Moreover the LORD answered Job,

Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,

2 "Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

3 Then Job answered the LORD,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

4 "Look, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

Once have I spoken; but 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, and said,

7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellence; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.

12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked 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. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee.

15 "Look now at the sauropod, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.

17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male organs are wrapped together.

18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.

His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [him].

20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him.

23 Look, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.