Job:40-41

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* Moreover the LORD answered Job , and said , * Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God , let him answer it . * Then Job answered the LORD , and said , * Behold , I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth . * Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea , twice ; but I will proceed no further . * Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind , and said , * Gird up thy loins now like a man : I will demand of thee , and declare thou unto me . * Wilt thou also disannul my judgment ? wilt thou condemn me , that thou mayest be righteous ? * Hast thou an arm like God ? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him ? * Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency ; and array thyself with glory and beauty . * Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath : and behold every one that is proud , and abase him . * Look on every one that is proud , and bring him low ; and tread down the wicked in their place . * Hide them in the dust together ; and bind their faces in secret . * Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee . * Behold now behemoth , which I made with thee ; he eateth grass as an ox . * Lo now , his strength is in his loins , and his force is in the navel of his belly . * He moveth his tail like a cedar : the sinews of his stones are wrapped together . * His bones are as strong pieces of brass ; his bones are like bars of iron . * He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him . * Surely the mountains bring him forth food , where all the beasts of the field play . * He lieth under the shady trees , in the covert of the reed , and fens . * The shady trees cover him with their shadow ; the willows of the brook compass him about . * Behold , he drinketh up a river , and hasteth not : he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth . * He taketh it with his eyes : his nose pierceth through snares . * Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook ? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down ? * Canst thou put an hook into his nose ? or bore his jaw through with a thorn ? * Will he make many supplications unto thee ? will he speak soft words unto thee ? * Will he make a covenant with thee ? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever ? * Wilt thou play with him as with a bird ? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? * Shall the companions make a banquet of him ? shall they part him among the merchants ? * Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons ? or his head with fish spears ? * Lay thine hand upon him , remember the battle , do no more . * Behold , the hope of him is in vain : shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him ? * None is so fierce that dare stir him up : who then is able to stand before me ? * Who hath prevented me , that I should repay him ? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine . * I will not conceal his parts , nor his power , nor his comely proportion . * Who can discover the face of his garment ? or who can come to him with his double bridle ? * Who can open the doors of his face ? his teeth are terrible round about . * His scales are his pride , shut up together as with a close seal . * One is so near to another , that no air can come between them . * They are joined one to another , they stick together , that they cannot be sundered . * By his neesings a light doth shine , and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning . * Out of his mouth go burning lamps , and sparks of fire leap out . * Out of his nostrils goeth smoke , as out of a seething pot or caldron . * His breath kindleth coals , and a flame goeth out of his mouth . * In his neck remaineth strength , and sorrow is turned into joy before him . * The flakes of his flesh are joined together : they are firm in themselves ; they cannot be moved . * His heart is as firm as a stone ; yea , as hard as a piece of the nether millstone . * When he raiseth up himself , the mighty are afraid : by reason of breakings they purify themselves . * The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold : the spear , the dart , nor the habergeon . * He esteemeth iron as straw , and brass as rotten wood . * The arrow cannot make him flee : slingstones are turned with him into stubble . * Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the shaking of a spear . * Sharp stones are under him : he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire . * He maketh the deep to boil like a pot : he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment . * He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary . * Upon earth there is not his like , who is made without fear . * He beholdeth all high things : he is a king over all the children of pride . * Then Job answered the LORD , and said ,

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