Job 40

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Stil speaking to Job, Yahweh said:	1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2 Is Yahweh's opponent going to give way? Has God's critic thought up an answer?	2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 Job replied to Yahweh:	3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4 My words have been frivolous: what can I reply? I had better lay my hand over my mouth.	4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, I shal not speak again; I have spoken twice, I have nothing more to say.	5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6 Yahweh gave Job his answer from the heart of the tempest. He said:	6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Brace yourself like a fighter, I am going to ask the questions, and you are to inform me!	7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Do you real y want to reverse my judgement, put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?	8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Has your arm the strength of God's, can your voice thunder as loud?	9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Come on, display your majesty and grandeur, robe yourself in splendour and glory.	10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Let the fury of your anger burst forth, humble the haughty at a glance!	11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 At a glance, bring down al the proud, strike down the wicked where they stand.	12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Bury the lot of them in the ground, shut them, every one, in the Dungeon.	13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14 And I shal be the first to pay you homage, since your own right hand is strong enough to save you.	14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 But look at Behemoth, my creature, just as you are! He feeds on greenstuff like the ox,	15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 but what strength he has in his loins, what power in his stomach muscles!	16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 His tail is as stiff as a cedar, the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.	17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones are bronze tubes, his frame like forged iron.	18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the works of God. His Maker threatened him with the sword,	19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 forbidding him the mountain regions and al the wild animals that play there.	20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 Under the lotus he lies, he hides among the reeds in the swamps.	21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The leaves of the lotus give him shade, the willows by the stream shelter him.	22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 If the river overflows, he does not worry: Jordan might come up to his mouth, but he would not care.	23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 Who is going to catch him by the eyes or put poles through his nose?	24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
25 Leviathan, too! Can you catch him with a fish-hook or hold his tongue down with a rope?
26 Can you put a cane through his nostrils or pierce his jaw with a hook?
27 Will he plead lengthily with you, addressing you in diffident tones?
28 Will he strike a bargain with you to become your slave for life?
29 Will you make a pet of him, like a bird, keep him on a lead to amuse your little girls?
30 Is he to be sold by the fishing guild and then retailed by merchants?
31 Riddle his hide with darts? Or his head with fishing spears?
32 You have only to lay a finger on him never to forget the struggle or risk it again!