Job 40:4-24 ▼

4 <V 39:34>What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

5 <V 39:35>One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.

6 <V 40:1>But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

7 <V 40:2>Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

8 <V 40:3>Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

9 <V 40:4>And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

10 <V 40:5>Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

11 <V 40:6>Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

12 <V 40:7>Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

13 <V 40:8>Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

14 <V 40:9>Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

15 <V 40:10>Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

16 <V 40:11>His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

17 <V 40:12>He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

18 <V 40:13>His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

19 <V 40:14>He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

20 <V 40:15>The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

21 <V 40:16>He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

22 <V 40:17>The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

23 <V 40:18>Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

24 <V 40:19>He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.