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Her eyes behold it afar off.

³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood;

And where the slain are, there is she.

40 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:

²Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty?

He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

 

³Then Job answered the Lord, and said:

⁴Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee?

I lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁵Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again;

Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

 

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

⁷Gird up thy loins now like a man;

I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.

⁸Wilt thou even make void My judgment?

Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?

⁹Or hast thou an arm like God?

And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?

¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency,

And array thyself with glory and beauty.

¹¹Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath;

And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹²Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

And tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³Hide them in the dust together;

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee

That thine own right hand can save thee.

 

¹⁵Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee;

He eateth grass as an ox.

¹⁶Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

And his force is in the stays of his body.

¹⁷He straineth his tail like a cedar;

The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸His bones are as pipes of brass;

His gristles are like bars of iron.

¹⁹He is the beginning of the ways of God;

He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.

²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

And all the beasts of the field play there.

²¹He lieth under the lotus-trees,

In the covert of the reed, and fens.

²²The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow;

The willows of the brook compass him about.

²³Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not;

He is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.

²⁴Shall any take him by his eyes,

Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

 

²⁵Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook?

Or press down his tongue with a cord?

²⁶Canst thou put a ring into his nose?

Or bore his jaw through with a hook?

²⁷Will he make many supplications unto thee?

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