Job 40

¹But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said

²Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me

³Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified

⁴And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder

⁵Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments

⁶Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them

⁷Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place

⁸Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit

⁹Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you

¹⁰Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox

¹¹His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen

¹²He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together

¹³His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron

¹⁴He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword

¹⁵The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there

¹⁶He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places

¹⁷The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him

¹⁸Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth

¹⁹He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes

²⁰Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord

²¹Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band

²²Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly

²³Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever

²⁴Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids

²⁵Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him

²⁶Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes

²⁷Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more

²⁸Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down