40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or 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 abase him.
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] bind their faces in secret.
40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
40:16 Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
40:18 His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.
40:19 He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].
40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
40:22 The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
41:5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
41:10 None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.
41:15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire leap out.
41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.
41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
41:34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.