Job40:1 And the LORD said to Job:
Job40:2 'Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.'
Job40:3 Then Job answered the LORD:
Job40:4 'Behold, I am of small account;what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job40:5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer;twice, but I will proceed no further.'
Job40:6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Job40:7 'Gird up your loins like a man;I will question you, and you declare to me.
Job40:8 Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Job40:9 Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Job40:10 'Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
Job40:11 Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;and tread down the wicked where they stand.
Job40:13 Hide them all in the dust together;bind their faces in the world below.
Job40:14 Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.
Job40:15 'Behold, Be'hemoth, which I made as I made you;he eats grass like an ox.
Job40:16 Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
Job40:17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
Job40:18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.
Job40:19 'He is the first of the works of God;let him who made him bring near his sword!
Job40:20 For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
Job40:21 Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
Job40:22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him;the willows of the brook surround him.
Job40:23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
Job40:24 Can one take him with hooks, or pierce his nose with a snare?