The Book of Job

40: 1Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

 ^40:2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?

 He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

^40:3Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

 ^40:4Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee?

 I lay my hand upon my mouth.

 ^40:5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer;

 Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

^40:6Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

 ^40:7Gird up thy loins now like a man:

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

 ^40:8Wilt thou even annul my judgment?

 Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

 ^40:9Or hast thou an arm like God?

 And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
 
 

 ^40:10Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;

 And array thyself with honor and majesty.

 ^40:11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;

 And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

 ^40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

 And tread down the wicked where they stand.

 ^40:13Hide them in the dust together;

 Bind their faces in the hidden place.

 ^40:14Then will I also confess of thee

 That thine own right hand can save thee.
 
 

 ^40:15Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee;

 He eateth grass as an ox.

 ^40:16Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

 And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

 ^40:17He moveth his tail like a cedar:

 The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

 ^40:18His bones are as tubes of brass;

 His limbs are like bars of iron.

 ^40:19He is the chief of the ways of God:

 He only that made him giveth him his sword.

 ^40:20Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

 Where all the beasts of the field do play.

 ^40:21He lieth under the lotus-trees,

 In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

 ^40:22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade;

 The willows of the brook compass him about.

 ^40:23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not;

 He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

 ^40:24Shall any take him when he is on the watch,

 Or pierce through his nose with a snare?