Job 40

1Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,● 2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.● 3Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,● 4Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.● 5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.● 6Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,● 7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.● 8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?● 9Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?● 10Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.● 11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.● 12Look on every one that is proud, `and' bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.● 13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden `place'.● 14Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.● 15Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.● 16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.● 17He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.● 18His bones are `as' tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.● 19He is the chief of the ways of God: He `only' that made him giveth him his sword.● 20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.● 21He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.● 22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.● 23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.● 24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?●