NETtext - Job - 40

40:1  Then the LORD answered Job:

40:2  "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!"

40:3  Then Job answered the LORD:

40:4  "Indeed, I am completely unworthy - how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

40:5  I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more."

40:6  Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

40:7  "Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!

40:8  Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

40:9  Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

40:10  Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

40:11  Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

40:12  Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

40:13  Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave.

40:14  Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.

40:15  "Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

40:16  Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.

40:17  It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

40:18  Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

40:19  It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

40:20  For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.

40:21  Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh.

40:22  The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it.

40:23  If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

40:24  Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?