Job 40:4-24 ▼

4 “Behold, I have been vile, || What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.

5 I have spoken once, and I do not answer, || And twice, and I do not add.”

6 And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:

7 “Now gird your loins as a man, || I ask you, and you cause Me to know.

8 Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, || That you may be righteous?

9 And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?

10 Now put on excellence and loftiness, || Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.

11 Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, || And see every proud one, and make him low.

12 See every proud one—humble him, || And tread down the wicked in their place.

13 Hide them in the dust together, || Bind their faces in secret.

14 And even I praise you, || For your right hand gives salvation to you.

15 Now behold, behemoth, || That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.

16 Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, || And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

17 He bends his tail as a cedar, || The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

18 His bones [are] tubes of bronze, || His bones [are] as a bar of iron.

19 He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, || His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;

20 For mountains bear food for him, || And all the beasts of the field play there.

21 He lies down under shades, || In a secret place of reed and marsh.

22 Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, || Willows of the brook cover him.

23 Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, || He is confident though Jordan || Comes forth to his mouth.

24 Does [one] take him by his eyes? || Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”