Job 39:26–40:5

The Birds of Prey

²⁶“Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly 

and spread its wings toward the south? 

²⁷Is it by your order that the eagle flies high 

and makes its nest on the heights? 

²⁸It perches for the night on a cliff. 

Its fortress is on a jagged peak. 

²⁹From there it seeks food, 

and its eyes see it from far away. 

³⁰Its young ones feed on blood. 

It is found wherever there are dead bodies.” 

40TH CHAPTER

The Lord Speaks

¹The Lord responded to Job, 

²“Will the person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him? 

Will the person who argues with God answer him?” 

Job Speaks

³Job answered the Lord, 

⁴“I’m so insignificant. How can I answer you? 

I will put my hand over my mouth. 

⁵I spoke once, but I can’t answer— 

twice, but not again.”