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| [1]Again the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, |
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| [2]Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. |
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| [3]Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? |
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| [4]Or hast thou an arm like God? Or dost thou thunder with a voice like him? |
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| [5]Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with beauty and glory. |
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| [6]Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and behold everyone that is proud, and abase him. |
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| [7]Look on everyone that is arrogant, and bring him low: and destroy the wicked in their place. |
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| [8]Hide them in the dust together, and bind their faces in a secret place. |
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| [9]Then will I confess unto thee also, that thy right hand can save thee. |
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| [10]Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grass as an ox. |
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| [11]Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. |
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| [12]When he taketh pleasure, his tail is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. |
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| [13]His bones are like staves of brass, and his small bones like staves of iron. |
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| [14]He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him, will make his sword to approach unto him. |
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| [15]Surely the mountains bring him forth grass, where all the beasts of the field play. |
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| [16]Lieth he under the trees in the covert of the reed and fens? |
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| [17]Can the trees cover him with their shadow? Or can the willows of the river compass him about? |
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| [18]Behold, he spoileth the river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. |
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| [19]He taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoever meeteth him. |
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| [20]Canst thou draw out Liviathan with an hook, and with a line which thou shalt cast down unto his tongue? |
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| [21]Canst thou cast an hook into his nose? Canst thou pierce his jaws with an angle? |
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| [22]Will he make many prayers unto thee, or speak thee fair? |
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| [23]Will he make a covenant with thee? And wilt thou take him as a servant forever? |
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| [24]Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maids? |
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| [25]Shall the companions banquet with him? Shall they divide him among the merchants? |
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| [26]Canst thou fill the basket with his skin? Or the fishpanier with his head? |
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| [27]Lay thine hand upon him: remember the battle, and do no more so. |
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| [28]Behold, his hope is in vain: for shall not one perish even at the sight of him? |
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