ACV - Job - 40

40:1  Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

40:2  Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.

40:3  Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

40:4  Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

40:5  I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.

40:6  Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

40:7  Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

40:8  Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

40:9  Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?

40:10  Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.

40:11  Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.

40:12  Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

40:13  Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

40:14  Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

40:15  Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.

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

40:17  He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

40:18  His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

40:19  He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

40:20  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

40:21  He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.

40:22  The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.

40:23  Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

40:24  Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?