Job 40

 Job 40

1 Then the Lord answered Job and said,

2 Is it a matter of instruction to contend with the Almighty? Let him who thus reproves God answer these things.

3 Then Job answered the Lord and said,

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

5 Once have I spoken, and will not answer; yea, twice, and will not proceed.

6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm, and said,

7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will question thee, and thou shalt answer me.

8 Wilt thou also make my judgment void, or condemn me, that thou mayest justify thyself?

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

10 Deck thyself therefore with majesty and loftiness; and clothe thyself with majesty and glory.

11 Pour out your fierce anger, and look upon all who are proud, and bring them low.

12 Look upon all who are proud, and humble them, and trample the wicked in their place.

13 Hide them together in the dust; cover their faces in secret.

14 Then I will confess to you that your right hand has delivered you.

15 Consider now the behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass like an ox.

16 Behold, his strength is in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.

17 When he wishes, he moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are interwoven.

18 His bones are like tubes of bronze; his frame is like bars of iron.

19 He is the masterpiece of the ways of God; he who made him provided him with his sword. 

20 Surely the mountains yield him food, where all the beasts of the field play.

21 He lies down under the shady trees, in the covert of the reeds and the mire.

22 The shady trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

23 Behold, a river overflows, and he does not hurry, though the Jordan may swell to his mouth.

24 Can they hunt him before his eyes, or put a snare through his nose?