Job Chapter 40
Job falls silent before God, who then describes the mighty behemoth.
Overwhelmed by the questions of Job 39, Job admits 'I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.' God then challenges him again before describing behemoth's iron-like bones.
\\40:6\\Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
\\40:7\\Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
\\40:8\\Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
\\40:9\\Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?
\\40:10\\Deck thyself now with majesty and excellence; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
\\40:11\\Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
\\40:12\\Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
\\40:13\\Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
\\40:14\\Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee.
\\40:15\\Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
\\40:16\\Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
\\40:17\\He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his male organs are wrapped together.
\\40:18\\His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
\\40:19\\He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach him.
\\40:20\\Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
\\40:21\\He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
\\40:22\\The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encompass him.
\\40:23\\Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
\\40:24\\He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
\\41:1\\Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
\\41:2\\Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
\\41:3\\Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee?
\\41:4\\Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
\\41:5\\Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
\\41:6\\Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.
\\41:7\\Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
\\41:8\\Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
\\41:9\\Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?