Job 40 | ASV Bible Study

Job 40:1 (ASV)
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

Job 40:2 (ASV)
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

Job 40:3 (ASV)
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Job 40:4 (ASV)
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Job 40:5 (ASV)
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

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

Job 40:7 (ASV)
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Job 40:8 (ASV)
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Job 40:9 (ASV)
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Job 40:10 (ASV)
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:11 (ASV)
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

Job 40:12 (ASV)
Look on every one that is proud, `and' bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

Job 40:13 (ASV)
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden `place'.

Job 40:14 (ASV)
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.

Job 40:15 (ASV)
Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

Job 40:16 (ASV)
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17 (ASV)
He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18 (ASV)
His bones are `as' tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19 (ASV)
He is the chief of the ways of God: He `only' that made him giveth him his sword.

Job 40:20 (ASV)
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

Job 40:21 (ASV)
He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

Job 40:22 (ASV)
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

Job 40:23 (ASV)
Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

Job 40:24 (ASV)
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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