Job - Chapter 40 | English Standard Version

  • 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 and said:
  • 4. "Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? 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 and said:
  • 7. "Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
  • 8. Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
  • 9. Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
  • 10. "Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
  • 11. Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
  • 12. Look on everyone who 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 save you.
  • 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 shelter 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 by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare?
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