Job 40 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

God’s Power and Wisdom

Job 40:1

Job 40:1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:

Job 40:2

Job 40:2“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

Job’s Response to God

Job 40:3

Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD and said:

Job 40:4

Job 40:4“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.

Job 40:5

Job 40:5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

God’s Challenge to Job

Job 40:6

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

Job 40:7

Job 40:7“Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

Job 40:8

Job 40:8“Would you indeed annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Job 40:9

Job 40:9Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Job 40:10

Job 40:10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.

Job 40:11

Job 40:11Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

Job 40:12

Job 40:12Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.

Job 40:13

Job 40:13Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

Job 40:14

Job 40:14Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:15

Job 40:15“Look now at the behemoth,[fn] which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.

Job 40:16

Job 40:16See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.

Job 40:17

Job 40:17He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

Job 40:18

Job 40:18His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.

Job 40:19

Job 40:19He is the first of the ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

Job 40:20

Job 40:20Surely the mountains yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

Job 40:21

Job 40:21He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.

Job 40:22

Job 40:22The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.

Job 40:23

Job 40:23Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

Job 40:24

Job 40:24Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

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NKJV Footnotes

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A large animal, exact identity unknown

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