LITV - Job - 40

40:1  And Jehovah answered Job and said:

40:2  Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

40:3  Then Job answered Jehovah and said:

40:4  Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will put my hand to my mouth.

40:5  Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will go no further.

40:6  And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest and said:

40:7  Now gird up your loins like a man, and I will question you; and you teach Me.

40:8  Will you also set aside My judgment; will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

40:9  And have you an arm like God; or can you thunder with a voice like His?

40:10  Adorn yourself with majesty now, and with grandeur, and clothe yourself with glory and honor;

40:11  pour forth the outbursts of your anger; yea, look on everyone who is proud, and bring him down low;

40:12  look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, and trample the wicked in their place;

40:13  hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in darkness.

40:14  Then I also will confess to you that your right hand can save you.

40:15  Now behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;

40:16  see, now, his strength is in his loins, and his force in the muscles of his belly;

40:17  he hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together;

40:18  his bones are like tubes of bronze; his bones like bars of iron;

40:19  he is the first in the ways of God; his Maker brings near his sword.

40:20  For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.

40:21  He lies under the lotus, in the hiding-place of the reed and the marsh;

40:22  the lotus trees cover him in its shadow; the willows of the torrent circle him.

40:23  Behold, he is confident, even if Jordan burst forth against his mouth.

40:24  Shall any take him before his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?