Job 40

1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? he that argueth with God, let him answer it.

3 Then Job answered Yahweh,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.

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

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Wilt thou even disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Or hast thou an arm like God? and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; and array thyself with honour and majesty.

11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger: and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

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

13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden [place].

14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Then wilt I also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as all ox.

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.

17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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

His bones are as tubes of brass; his limbs are like bars of iron.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

He is the chief of the ways of God: he [only] that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].

20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play.

21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

He lieth under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.

22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

The lotus trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not: he is confident, though Jordan swell even to his mouth.

24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?