Job 40 — FBV
40Verse 1God continued speaking to Job.Verse 2“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight?+Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”Verse 3Job answered the Lord,Verse 4“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.Verse 5I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”Verse 6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,Verse 7“Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.Verse 8Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong?+Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?Verse 9Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?Verse 10Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!Verse 11Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.Verse 12Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.Verse 13Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.Verse 14Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.Verse 15Consider Behemoth,+a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.Verse 16Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.Verse 17It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.Verse 18Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.Verse 19It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.+Verse 20The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.+Verse 21It lies under the lotus;+it hides in the reeds of the marsh.Verse 22The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.Verse 23Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.Verse 24No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.”+