Job 40–42

Moreover the Lord ^aanswered Job, and said,

²Shall he that ^bcontendeth with the Almighty instruct him?

He that reproveth God, let him answer it.

³Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

⁴Behold, ^cI am vile; what shall I answer thee?

^dI will lay my hand upon my mouth.

^5eOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer:

Yea, ^etwice; but I will proceed no further.

⁶Then answered the Lord unto Job out of ^fthe whirlwind, and said,

^7gGird up thy loins now like a man:

^hI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁸ⁱWilt thou also disannul my judgment?

Wilt thou condemn me, ^kthat thou mayest be righteous?

⁹Hast thou an arm like God?

Or, canst thou ^lthunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;

And ^marray thyself with glory and beauty.

¹¹Cast abroad ⁿthe rage of thy wrath:

And ^obehold every one that is proud, and abase him.

^12oLook on every one that is proud, and ^obring him low;

And tread down the wicked ^pin their place.

^13qHide them ^qrin the dust together;

And bind their faces in secret.

¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee

That ^sthine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵Behold now behemoth,

Which I made with thee;

He eateth ^tgrass as an ox.

¹⁶Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

And his force is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁷He moveth his tail like a cedar:

The sinews of his stones are ^uwrapt together.

¹⁸His bones are as strong pieces of brass;

His bones are like bars of iron.

¹⁹He is the ^wchief of the ^xways of God:

He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

Where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹He lieth under the shady trees,

In the covert of the reed, and ^yfens.

²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow;

The ^zwillows of the brook compass him about.

²³Behold, he drinketh up a river, and ^ahasteth not:

He trusteth that he can ^bdraw up Jordan into his mouth.

²⁴He taketh it with his eyes:

His nose pierceth through snares.

XLI.Canst thou draw out leviathan with a ^ahook?

Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

²Canst thou ^bput a ^chook into his nose?

Or bore his jaw through with a ^bthorn?

³Will he make many supplications unto thee?

Will he speak soft words unto thee?

⁴Will he ^dmake a covenant with thee?

Wilt thou take him for a servant ^efor ever?

⁵Wilt thou ^fplay with him as with a bird?

Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁶Shall ^gthe companions ^hmake a banquet of him?

Shall they ⁱpart him among the ^kmerchants?

⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?

Or his head with fish spears?

⁸Lay thine hand upon him,

Remember the battle, do no more.

⁹Behold, the hope of him ^lis in vain:

Shall ^mnot one be ⁿcast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰None is so ^ofierce that dare stir him up:

Who then is able to stand before me?

^11pWho hath ^ppprevented me, that I should repay him?

^qWhatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

¹²I will not conceal his ^rparts,

Nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

¹³Who can discover ^sthe face of his garment?

Or who can come to him with his double bridle?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face?

His teeth are ^tterrible round about.

¹⁵His scales are his pride,

Shut up together as with a close seal.

¹⁶One is so near to another,

That no air can come between them.

¹⁷They are ^ujoined one to another,

They ^xstick together, that they cannot be sundered.

¹⁸By his neesings a ^ylight doth shine,

And his eyes are like ^zthe eyelids of the morning.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning lamps,

And sparks of fire leap out.

²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,

As out of a ^aseething pot or ^bcaldron.

²¹His breath ^cckindleth coals,

And a flame goeth out of his mouth.

²²In his neck remaineth strength,

And sorrow is turned into joy before him.

²³The flakes of his flesh are ^ujoined together:

They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone;

Yea, as hard as ^ca piece of the nether millstone.

²⁵When he raiseth up himself, the ^dmighty are afraid:

By reason of breakings they purify themselves.

²⁶The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:

The spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw,

And brass as rotten wood.

²⁸The ^earrow cannot make him flee:

Slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁹Darts are counted as stubble:

He laugheth at the shaking of a ^fspear.

³⁰Sharp stones are under him:

He spreadeth ^gsharp pointed things upon the mire.

³¹He maketh ^hthe deep to ⁱboil like a pot:

He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

³²He maketh a path to shine after him;

One would think ^hthe deep to be hoary.

^33kUpon earth there is not his ^llike,

Who is made without fear.

³⁴He beholdeth all high things:

He is a king over all ^mthe children of pride.

XLII.Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

²I know that thou ^acanst do every thing,

And that no ^bthought can be ^cwithholden from thee.

^3dWho is he that hideth counsel

Without knowledge?

Therefore have I uttered that I understood not;

^eThings too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

⁴Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak:

^fI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁵I have heard of thee ^gby the hearing of the ear:

But now mine eye seeth thee.

^6hWherefore I abhor ⁱmyself, and repent

In ^kdust and ^klashes.

⁷And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to ^mEliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is ⁿright, as my servant Job hath. ⁸Therefore take unto you now ^oseven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and ^poffer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall ^qpray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is ⁿright, like my servant Job. ⁹So ^mEliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job. ¹⁰And the Lord ^rturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job ^stwice as much as he had before. ¹¹Then came there unto him all his ^tbrethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his ^tacquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they ^ubemoaned him, and ^ucomforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him ^xa piece of money, and every one an ^yearring of gold.

¹²So the Lord blessed ^zthe latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had ^afourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. ^13bHe had also seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. ¹⁵And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and ^ctheir father gave them inheritance among their brethren. ¹⁶After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and ^dsaw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. ¹⁷So Job died, being old and ^efull of days.