Jubilee2000 - Job - 40

40:1  Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,

40:2  Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct [him]? Let him that disputes with God answer this.

40:3  Then Job answered the LORD and said,

40:4  Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.

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

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

40:7  Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.

40:8  Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

40:9  Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

40:10  Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

40:11  Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one [that is] proud and bring him down.

40:12  Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

40:13  Hide them in the dust together; [and] blindfold their faces in darkness.

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

40:15  Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.

40:16  Behold now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.

40:17  He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

40:18  His bones [are as] strong as brass; his members [are] like bars of iron.

40:19  He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near [unto him].

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

40:21  He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.

40:22  The shady [trees] cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

40:23  Behold, he shall drink up a river [and] not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.

40:24  His maker shall take him by [the weakness of] his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.: