Job 40

Webster^{(i) 1} (40:6)Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ² (40:7)Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me. ³ (40:8)Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? ⁴ (40:9)Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his? ⁵ (40:10)Deck thyself now with majesty and excellence; and array thyself with glory and beauty. ⁶ (40:11)Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. ⁷ (40:12)Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ⁸ (40:13)Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. ⁹ (40:14)Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee. ¹⁰ (40:15)Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. ¹¹ (40:16)Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹² (40:17)He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male organs are wrapped together. ¹³ (40:18)His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. ¹⁴ (40:19)He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach him. ¹⁵ (40:20)Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ¹⁶ (40:21)He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. ¹⁷ (40:22)The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him. ¹⁸ (40:23)Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. ¹⁹ (40:24)He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. ²⁰ (41:1)Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? ²¹ (41:2)Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? ²² (41:3)Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee? ²³ (41:4)Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? ²⁴ (41:5)Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? ²⁵ (41:6)Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants. ²⁶ (41:7)Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? ²⁷ (41:8)Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. ²⁸ (41:9)Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?