Job 40 - ESV - BibliaVida

1 And the LORD ¹said to Job:

2 "Shall a faultfinder ²contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

4 "Behold, I am ³of small account; what shall I answer you? ⁴I lay my hand on my mouth.

5 I have spoken ⁵once, and I will not answer; ⁶twice, but I will proceed no further."

6 Then the LORD ⁷answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

7 ⁸"Dress for action^a like a man; ⁹I will question you, and you make it known to me.

8 Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that ¹⁰you may be in the right?

9 Have you ¹¹an arm like God, and can you thunder with ¹²a voice like his?

10 "Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; ¹³clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is ¹⁴proud and abase him.

12 Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and ¹⁵tread down the wicked ¹⁶where they stand.

13 ¹⁷Hide them all in ¹⁸the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.^b

14 Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own ¹⁹right hand can save you.

15 "Behold, Behemoth,^c which I made as I made you; he eats ²⁰grass like an ox.

16 Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.

17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

18 His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

19 "He is ²¹the first of ²²the works^d of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!

20 For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.

21 Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of ²³the reeds and in the marsh.

22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.

23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

24 Can one take him by his eyes,^e or pierce his nose with a snare?

Job 40 ESV