Job 40
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: |
| 2 | Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. |
| 3 | Then Job answered the LORD, and said: |
| 4 | Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. |
| 5 | Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. |
| 6 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: |
| 7 | Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me. . |
| 8 | Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified? |
| 9 | Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him? |
| 10 | Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, And array thyself with glory and beauty. |
| 11 | Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. |
| 12 | Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked in their place. |
| 13 | Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place. |
| 14 | Then will I also confess unto thee That thine own right hand can save thee. |
| 15 | Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; He eateth grass as an ox. |
| 16 | Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the stays of his body. |
| 17 | He straineth his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together. |
| 18 | His bones are as pipes of brass; His gristles are like bars of iron. |
| 19 | He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him. |
| 20 | Surely the mountains bring him forth food, And all the beasts of the field play there. |
| 21 | He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and fens. |
| 22 | The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; The willows of the brook compass him about. |
| 23 | Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth. |
| 24 | Shall any take him by his eyes, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? |
| 25 | Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? |
| 26 | Canst thou put a ring into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a hook? |
| 27 | Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee? |
| 28 | Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? |
| 29 | Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? . |
| 30 | Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants? |
| 31 | Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish-spears? |
| 32 | Lay thy hand upon him; Think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more. |