Job 40 — Legacy Standard Bible

Job Places His Hand over His Mouth

40Then Yahweh answered Job and said,

²“Will the faultfinder ^acontend with the Almighty?Let him who ^breproves God answer it.”

³Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?I ^aplace my hand over my mouth.⁵“Once I have spoken, and ^aI will not answer;Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

Yahweh Will Ask Job

⁶Then ^aYahweh answered Job out of the ¹whirlwind and said,

⁷“Now ^agird up your loins like a man;I will ^bask you, and you make Me know.⁸“Will you really ^aannul My judgment?Will you ^bcondemn Me ^cthat you may be justified?⁹“Or do you have an arm like God,And can you ^athunder with a voice like His?¹⁰“^aAdorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.¹¹“Pour out ^athe overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is ^bproud, and make him low.¹²“Look on everyone who is proud, and ^ahumble him,And ^btread down the wicked ¹in their place.¹³“^aHide them in the dust together;Bind their faces in the hidden place.¹⁴“Then I will also praise you,That your own right hand can save you.

Behold the Behemoth

¹⁵“Behold now, ¹Behemoth, which ^aI made along with you;It eats grass like an ox.¹⁶“Behold now, its power in its loinsAnd its vigor in the muscles of its belly.¹⁷“It hangs its tail like a cedar;The sinews of its thighs are knit together.¹⁸“Its bones are tubes of bronze;Its ¹limbs are like bars of iron.¹⁹“It is the ^afirst of the ways of God;Let its ^bMaker bring near its sword.²⁰“Surely the mountains ^abring it food,And all the beasts of the field ^bplay there.²¹“Under the lotus plants it lies down,In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.²²“The lotus plants cover it with ¹shade;The willows of the brook surround it.²³“If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;It is secure, though the ^aJordan bursts forth to its mouth.²⁴“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,With snares can anyone pierce its nose?