40Job 40

1And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --Select Job 40:1

2Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.Select Job 40:2

3And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --Select Job 40:3

4Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.Select Job 40:4

5Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.Select Job 40:5

6And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --Select Job 40:6

7Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.Select Job 40:7

8Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?Select Job 40:8

9And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?Select Job 40:9

10Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.Select Job 40:10

11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.Select Job 40:11

12See every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.Select Job 40:12

13Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.Select Job 40:13

14And even I--I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.Select Job 40:14

15Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.Select Job 40:15

16Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.Select Job 40:16

17He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,Select Job 40:17

18His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron.Select Job 40:18

19He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;Select Job 40:19

20For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.Select Job 40:20

21Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.Select Job 40:21

22Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.Select Job 40:22

23Lo, a flood oppresseth--he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.Select Job 40:23

24Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?Select Job 40:24