Job 40

¹ And the LORD said to Job:

² "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

³ Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴ "Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵ I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."

⁶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

⁷ "Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.

⁸ Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

⁹ Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰ "Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³ Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.

¹⁴ Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.

¹⁵ "Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

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

¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

¹⁹ "He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!

²⁰ For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.

²¹ Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.

²² For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.

²³ Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

²⁴ Can one take him with hooks, or pierce his nose with a snare?