Job 40:6–41:9

Yahweh Will Ask Job

⁶Then ^aYahweh answered Job out of the ¹whirlwind and said,

⁷“Now ^agird up your loins like a man;

I will ^bask you, and you make Me know.

⁸“Will you really ^aannul My judgment?

Will you ^bcondemn Me ^cthat you may be justified?

⁹“Or do you have an arm like God,

And can you ^athunder with a voice like His?

¹⁰“^aAdorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,

And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

¹¹“Pour out ^athe overflowings of your anger,

And look on everyone who is ^bproud, and make him low.

¹²“Look on everyone who is proud, and ^ahumble him,

And ^btread down the wicked ¹in their place.

¹³“^aHide them in the dust together;

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹⁴“Then I will also praise you,

That your own right hand can save you.

Behold the Behemoth

¹⁵“Behold now, ¹Behemoth, which ^aI made along with you;

It eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶“Behold now, its power in its loins

And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.

¹⁷“It hangs its tail like a cedar;

The sinews of its thighs are knit together.

¹⁸“Its bones are tubes of bronze;

Its ¹limbs are like bars of iron.

¹⁹“It is the ^afirst of the ways of God;

Let its ^bMaker bring near its sword.

²⁰“Surely the mountains ^abring it food,

And all the beasts of the field ^bplay there.

²¹“Under the lotus plants it lies down,

In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.

²²“The lotus plants cover it with ¹shade;

The willows of the brook surround it.

²³“If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;

It is secure, though the ^aJordan bursts forth to its mouth.

²⁴“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,

With snares can anyone pierce its nose?

CHAPTER 41

Can You Draw Out Leviathan?

¹“¹Can you draw out ^2aLeviathan with a fishhook?

Or press down its tongue with a cord?

²“Can you ^aput a ¹rope in its nose

Or pierce its jaw with a ²hook?

³“Will it make many supplications to you,

Or will he speak to you soft words?

⁴“Will it cut a covenant with you?

Will you take it for a slave forever?

⁵“Will you play with it as with a bird,

Or will you bind it for your young women?

⁶“Will the ¹traders bargain over it?

Will they divide it among the merchants?

⁷“Can you fill its skin with harpoons,

Or its head with fishing spears?

⁸“Place your hand on it;

Remember the battle; ¹you will not do that again!

⁹“¹Behold, ²his expectation is a lie;

Will ³he be laid low even at the sight of it?