The Book of Job 40 |
The World English Online Bible (WLD) |
Job 40:1 | Moreover Yahweh answered Job, |
Job 40:2 | "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it." |
Job 40:3 | Then Job answered Yahweh, |
Job 40:4 | "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. |
Job 40:5 | I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further." |
Job 40:6 | Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, |
Job 40:7 | "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. |
Job 40:8 | Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? |
Job 40:9 | Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? |
Job 40:10 | "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. |
Job 40:11 | Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low. |
Job 40:12 | Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place. |
Job 40:13 | Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. |
Job 40:14 | Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you. |
Job 40:15 | "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox. |
Job 40:16 | Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly. |
Job 40:17 | He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. |
Job 40:18 | His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron. |
Job 40:19 | He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. |
Job 40:20 | Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play. |
Job 40:21 | He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh. |
Job 40:22 | The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. |
Job 40:23 | Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. |
Job 40:24 | Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? |