Job 40

¹Then the LORD said to Job,

²“Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”

Job Responds to the LORD ³Then Job replied to the LORD,

⁴“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand. ⁵ I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say.”

The LORD Challenges Job Again ⁶Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

⁷“Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.

⁸“Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right? ⁹ Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his? ¹⁰ All right, put on your glory and splendor, your honor and majesty. ¹¹ Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud. ¹² Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand. ¹³ Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead. ¹⁴ Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.

¹⁵“Take a look at Behemoth, The identification of Behemoth is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature. which I made, just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶ See its powerful loins and the muscles of its belly. ¹⁷ Its tail is as strong as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together. ¹⁸ Its bones are tubes of bronze. Its limbs are bars of iron. ¹⁹ It is a prime example of God’s handiwork, and only its Creator can threaten it. ²⁰ The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play. ²¹ It lies under the lotus plants, Or bramble bushes; also in 40:22. hidden by the reeds in the marsh. ²² The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream. ²³ It is not disturbed by the raging river, not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it. ²⁴ No one can catch it off guard or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.