2.5 KiB
2.5 KiB
Job 40
- And the LORD said to Job:
- “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
- Then Job answered the LORD and said:
- “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
- I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”
- Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
- “Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
- Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
- Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
- “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
- Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
- Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
- Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
- Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
- “Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
- Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
- He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
- His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.
- “He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!
- For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.
- Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
- For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.
- Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
- Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare?
(ESV)