Job 40 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Job: What Can I Say?

Job 40:1

Job 40:1Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

Job 40:2

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?

He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

Job 40:3

Job 40:3Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Job 40:4

Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee?

I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Job 40:5

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer;

Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

God Questions Job

Job 40:6

Job 40:6Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 40:7

Gird up thy loins now like a man:

I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Job 40:8

Wilt thou even annul my judgment?

Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Job 40:9

Or hast thou an arm like God?

And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Job 40:10

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;

And array thyself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:11

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;

And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

And tread down the wicked where they stand.

Job 40:13

Hide them in the dust together;

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Job 40:14

Then will I also confess of thee

That thine own right hand can save thee.

God's Power Shown in Creatures

Job 40:15

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee;

He eateth grass as an ox.

Job 40:16

Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar:

The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18

His bones are as tubes of brass;

His limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19

He is the chief of the ways of God:

He only that made him giveth him his sword.

Job 40:20

Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

Where all the beasts of the field do play.

Job 40:21

He lieth under the lotus-trees,

In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

Job 40:22

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade;

The willows of the brook compass him about.

Job 40:23

Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not;

He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

Job 40:24

Shall any take him when he is on the watch,

Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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