Job 40
1But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
2Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
3Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
4And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
5Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
6Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
7Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
8Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
9Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
10Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
11His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
12He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
13His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
15The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
16He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
17The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
18Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
19He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
20Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
21Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
22Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
23Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
24Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
25Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
26Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
27Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
28Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
1Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
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.
6Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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.