| 40:1 | God's Power and Wisdom Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: |
| 40:2 | Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.Job's Response to God |
| 40:3 | Then Job answered the LORD and said: |
| 40:4 | Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. |
| 40:5 | Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."God's Challenge to Job |
| 40:6 | Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: |
| 40:7 | Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me: |
| 40:8 | Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? |
| 40:9 | Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? |
| 40:10 | Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty. |
| 40:11 | Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. |
| 40:12 | Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place. |
| 40:13 | Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness. |
| 40:14 | Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you. |
| 40:15 | Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox. |
| 40:16 | See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles. |
| 40:17 | He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. |
| 40:18 | His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron. |
| 40:19 | He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword. |
| 40:20 | Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there. |
| 40:21 | He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh. |
| 40:22 | The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him. |
| 40:23 | Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth, |
| 40:24 | Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare. |