Job 40:4-24

Job 40:4-24

[4] Behold, I am vile;  what shall I answer  thee? I will lay  mine hand  upon  my mouth.  [5] Once  have I spoken;  but I will not answer:  yea, twice;  but I will proceed no further.  [6] Then answered  the LORD  unto Job  out of the whirlwind,  and said,  [7] Gird up  thy loins  now like a man:  I will demand  of thee, and declare  [8] Wilt thou also disannul  my judgment?  wilt thou condemn  me, that thou mayest be righteous?  [9] Hast thou an arm  like God?  or 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 abase  [12] Look  on every one that is proud,  and bring him low;  and tread down  the wicked  [13] Hide  them in the dust  together;  and bind  their faces  in secret.  [14] Then will I also confess  unto thee that thine own right hand  can save  thee. [15] Behold now behemoth,  which I made  with thee; he eateth  grass  as an ox.  [16] Lo now, his strength  is in his loins,  and his force  is in the navel  of his belly.  [17] He moveth  his tail  like a cedar:  the sinews  of his stones  are wrapped together.  [18] His bones  are as strong  pieces of brass;  his bones  are like bars  of iron.  [19] He is the chief  of the ways  of God:  he that made  his sword  to approach  [20] Surely the mountains  bring him forth  food,  where all the beasts  of the field  play.  [21] He lieth  under the shady trees,  in the covert  of the reed,  and fens.  [22] The shady trees  cover  him with their shadow;  the willows  of the brook  compass him about.  [23] Behold, he drinketh up  a river,  and hasteth  not: he trusteth  that he can draw up  Jordan  into his mouth.  [24] He taketh  it with his eyes:  his nose  pierceth through  snares.