Job 40

Chapter 40

Job: What Can I Say?

¹Then the Lord said to Job,

²“Will the faultfinder ^acontend with the Almighty?

Let him who ^breproves God answer it.”

³Then Job answered the Lord and said,

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?

I ^alay my hand on my mouth.

⁵“Once I have spoken, and ^aI will not answer;

Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

God Questions Job

⁶Then the ^aLord answered Job out of the storm and said,

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

I will ^bask you, and you instruct Me.

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 eminence and dignity,

And clothe yourself with honor 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 ¹where they stand.

¹³“^aHide them in the dust together;

Bind ¹them in the hidden place.

¹⁴“Then I will also ¹confess to you,

That your own right hand can save you.

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

¹⁵“Behold now, ¹Behemoth, which ^aI made ²as well as you;

He eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶“Behold now, his strength in his loins

And his power in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷“He bends his tail like a cedar;

The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸“His bones are tubes of bronze;

His ¹limbs are like bars of iron.

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

Let his ^bmaker bring near his sword.

²⁰“Surely the mountains ^abring him food,

And all the beasts of the field ^bplay there.

²¹“Under the lotus plants he lies down,

In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

²²“The lotus plants cover him with ¹shade;

The willows of the brook surround him.

²³“If a river ¹rages, he is not alarmed;

He is confident, though the ^aJordan rushes to his mouth.

²⁴“Can anyone capture him ¹when he is on watch,

With ²barbs can anyone pierce his nose?