Job 40:3-24 ▼

3 And Job answered YHWH and said,

4 “Behold, I am slight. How can I reply to You? My hand I place over my mouth.

5 Once I have spoken, and I will not answer—and twice, and I will not add.”

6 And YHWH answered Job from the whirlwind, and He said,

7 “Gird up now your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall let Me know.

8 Would you even break My judgment? Would you consider Me wicked so that you may be proved right?

9 Is there an arm like God’s unto you? Or with a voice like His can you thunder?

10 Adorn yourself, please, with majesty and loftiness, and with honor and glory clothe yourself.

11 Scatter the fury of your nose, and look on every proud one, and bring him low.

12 Look on every proud one, and humble him; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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

14 And then I will confess to you that your right hand can bring salvation to you.

15 Behold, please, Behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass like the ox.

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

17 He bends his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

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

19 He is the first of the ways of God; his Maker can bring near His sword.

20 For the mountains carry produce to him, and all the creatures of the field play there.

21 Beneath the lotus trees he lies down, in the covering of reed and marsh.

22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

23 Though the river may press, he does not hurry off; he is secure, though the Jordan should burst forth toward his mouth.

24 Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?