Job 40

₁Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

₂Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?

He that reproveth God, let him answer it.

₄Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?

I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

₅Once have I spoken; but I will not answer:

Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

₇Gird up thy loins now like a man:

I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

₈Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?

Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

₉Hast thou an arm like God?

Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

₁₀Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;

And array thyself with glory and beauty.

₁₁Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:

And behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

₁₂Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

And tread down the wicked in their place.

₁₃Hide them in the dust together;

And bind their faces in secret.

₁₄Then will I also confess unto thee

That thine own right hand can save thee.

₁₅Behold now behemoth,

Which I made with thee;

He eateth grass as an ox.

₁₆Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

And his force is in the navel of his belly.

₁₇He moveth his tail like a cedar:

The sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

₁₈His bones are as strong pieces of brass;

His bones are like bars of iron.

₁₉He is the chief of the ways of God:

He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

₂₀Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

Where all the beasts of the field play.

₂₁He lieth under the shady trees,

In the covert of the reed, and fens.

₂₂The shady trees cover him with their shadow;

The willows of the brook compass him about.

₂₃Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:

He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

₂₄He taketh it with his eyes:

His nose pierceth through snares.