# Job 40 (New King James Version)
God's Power and Wisdom

##### Chapter 40
###### 1 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:

###### 2 "Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct _Him?_  
He who rebukes God, let him answer it."Job's Response to God

###### 3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:

###### 4 "Behold, I am vile;  
What shall I answer You?  
I lay my hand over my mouth.  

###### 5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;  
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."God's Challenge to Job

###### 6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

###### 7 "Now prepare yourself like a man;  
I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

###### 8 "Would you indeed annul My judgment?  
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?  

###### 9 Have you an arm like God?  
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?  

###### 10 Then adorn yourself _with_ majesty and splendor,  
And array yourself with glory and beauty.  

###### 11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;  
Look on everyone _who is_ proud, and humble him.  

###### 12 Look on everyone _who is_ proud, _and_ bring him low;  
Tread down the wicked in their place.  

###### 13 Hide them in the dust together,  
Bind their faces in hidden _darkness._  

###### 14 Then I will also confess to you  
That your own right hand can save you.

###### 15 "Look now at the behemoth, which I made _along_ with you;  
He eats grass like an ox.  

###### 16 See now, his strength _is_ in his hips,  
And his power _is_ in his stomach muscles.  

###### 17 He moves his tail like a cedar;  
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.  

###### 18 His bones _are like_ beams of bronze,  
His ribs like bars of iron.  

###### 19 He _is_ the first of the ways of God;  
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.  

###### 20 Surely the mountains yield food for him,  
And all the beasts of the field play there.  

###### 21 He lies under the lotus trees,  
In a covert of reeds and marsh.  

###### 22 The lotus trees cover him _with_ their shade;  
The willows by the brook surround him.  

###### 23 Indeed the river may rage,  
_Yet_ he is not disturbed;  
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,  

###### 24 _Though_ he takes it in his eyes,  
_Or_ one pierces _his_ nose with a snare.