Job 40–41
40 Moreover the Lord aanswered Job, and said,
2 Shall he that bcontendeth with the Almighty instruct him?
He that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
4 Behold, cI am vile; what shall I answer thee?
dI will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 eOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer:
Yea, etwice; but I will proceed no further.
6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of fthe whirlwind, and said,
7 gGird up thy loins now like a man:
hI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 iWilt thou also disannul my judgment?
Wilt thou condemn me, kthat thou mayest be righteous?
Or canst thou lthunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;
And marray thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad nthe rage of thy wrath:
And obehold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 oLook on every one that is proud, and obring him low;
And tread down the wicked pin their place.
13 qHide them qrin the dust together;
And bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee
That sthine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold now ||behemoth,
Which I made with thee;
He eateth tgrass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
And his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 ||He moveth his tail like a cedar:
The sinews of his stones are uwrapped together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass;
His bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the wchief of the xways of God:
He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food,
Where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees,
In the covert of the reed, and yfens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow;
The zwillows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, †he drinketh up a river, and ahasteth not:
He trusteth that he can bdraw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 ||He taketh it with his eyes:
His nose pierceth through snares.
41 Canst thou draw out ||leviathan with an ahook?
Or his tongue with a cord †which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou bput an chook into his nose?
Or bore his jaw through with a bthorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee?
Will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he dmake a covenant with thee?
Wilt thou take him for a servant efor ever?
5 Wilt thou fplay with him as with a bird?
Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall gthe companions hmake a banquet of him?
Shall they ipart him among the kmerchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?
Or his head with fish spears?
Remember the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him lis in vain:
Shall mnot one be ncast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so ofierce that dare stir him up:
Who then is able to stand before me?
11 pWho hath ppprevented me, that I should repay him?
qWhatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I will not conceal his rparts,
Nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discover sthe face of his garment?
Or who can come to him ||with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
His teeth are tterrible round about.
15 His †scales are his pride,
Shut up together as with a close seal.
That no air can come between them.
17 They are ujoined one to another,
They xstick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By his neesings a ylight doth shine,
And his eyes are like zthe eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps,
And sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,
As out of a aseething pot or bcaldron.
21 His breath cckindleth coals,
And a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength,
And †sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 †The flakes of his flesh are ujoined together:
They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone;
Yea, as hard as ca piece of the nether millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the dmighty are afraid:
By reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:
The spear, the dart, nor the ||habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw,
And brass as rotten wood.
28 The earrow cannot make him flee:
Slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble:
He laugheth at the shaking of a fspear.
30 †Sharp stones are under him:
He spreadeth gsharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He maketh hthe deep to iboil like a pot:
He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him;
One would think hthe deep to be hoary.
33 kUpon earth there is not his llike,
||Who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth all high things:
He is a king over all mthe children of pride.