The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Job 40
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the
Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will
I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the
whirlwind:
7 “Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Will you even annul my judgment?
Will you condemn me, that you may
be justified?
9 Or do you have an arm like God?
Can you thunder witha voice likehim?
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and
dignity. Array yourself with honor and
majesty.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger.
Look at everyone who is proud, and
bring him low.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and
humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then I will also admit to you
that your own right hand can save
you.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as
well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs.
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his
sword.
20 Surely the mountains produce food for
him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
in the covert of the reed, and the
marsh.
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround
him.
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t
tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan
swells even to his mouth.
24 Shall any take him when he is on the
watch, or pierce through his nose with a
snare?