40 ¶ Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,

² Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this.

³ Then Job answered the LORD and said,

⁴ Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.

⁵ Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.

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

⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.

⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

⁹ Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.

¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³ Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness.

¹⁴ Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵ ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.

¹⁶ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

¹⁸ His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron.

¹⁹ He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him.

²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹ He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.

²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

²³ Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.

²⁴ His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.