(KJV) Job 401

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⥃Job Humbles Himself before the LORD

[1] Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,2 [2] Shall3 he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct4 [him]? he that reproveth5 God, let him answer it.

[3] [¶]Then Job answered the Lord, and said, [4] Behold6, I am vile; what7 shall I answer thee? I will8 lay mine hand upon my mouth. [5] Once have I spoken; but I will not9 answer: yea, twice10; but I will proceed11 no further.

⥃The LORD Challenges Job Again

[6] Then answered the Lord unto Job out12 of the whirlwind, and said, [7] Gi13rd14 up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. [8] Wilt15 thou also disannul16 my judgment? wilt thou condemn17 me, that thou mayest be righteous? [9] Hast18 thou an arm like God? or canst19 thou thunder with a voice like him? [10] Deck20 thyself now [with] majesty21 and excellency; and array thyself with glory22 and beauty. [11] Cast23 abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold24 every one [that is] proud, and abase him. [12] Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread25 down the wicked in26 their place. [13] Hide27 them in the dust together; [and] bind28 their faces in secret. [14] Then will I also confess unto thee that29 thine own right hand can save thee.

[15] Behold now behemoth30, which31 I made with the32e; he eateth grass as an ox. [16] Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly. [17] He moveth33 his tail like a cedar: the34 sinews of his stones are wrapped together. [18] His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.35 [19] He [is] the chief36 of the ways of God: he that37 made him can make his sword to approach [unto him]. [20] Surely the mountains38 bring him forth food, where39 all the beasts of the field play. [21] He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed40, and fens. [22] The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows41 of the brook compass him about. [23] Behold, he drinketh42 up a river, [and] hasteth43 not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan44 into his mouth. [24] He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares. 45

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  1. Job 40:1, Job humbles himself to God; Job 40:6, God stirs him up to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom; Job 40:16, Of the behemoth. ↩

  2. Job 40:6, Job 38:1 ↩

  3. Job 9:3, Job 33:13; Eccl 6:10; Isa 45:9-11, Isa 50:8; 1Cor 10:22 ↩

  4. Isa 40:14; 1Cor 2:16 ↩

  5. Job 3:11-12, Job 3:20, Job 3:23, Job 7:12, Job 7:19-21, Job 9:17-18, Job 9:32-35, Job 10:3-7, Job 10:14-17, Job 13:21-27; Job 14:16-17, Job 16:11-21, Job 19:6-11, Job 27:2, Job 30:21; Ezek 18:2; Matt 20:11; Rom 9:19-23, Rom 11:34-36 ↩

  6. Job 42:6; Gen 18:27, Gen 32:10; 2Sam 24:10; 1Kgs 19:4; Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:15; Neh 9:33; Ps 51:4-5; Isa 6:5, Isa 53:6, Isa 64:6; Dan 9:5, Dan 9:7; Luke 5:8, Luke 15:18-19, Luke 18:13; 1Tim 1:15 ↩

  7. Job 9:31-35, Job 16:21, Job 23:4-7, Job 31:37 ↩

  8. Job 21:5, Job 29:9; Judg 18:19; Ps 39:9; Prov 30:32; Mic 7:16; Hab 2:20; Zech 2:13 ↩

  9. Job 34:31-32; Rom 3:19 ↩

  10. Job 33:14; 2Kgs 6:10; Ps 62:11 ↩

  11. Jer 31:18-19 ↩

  12. Job 38:1; Ps 50:3-4; Heb 12:18-20; 2Pet 3:10-12 ↩

  13. Job 13:22, Job 23:3-4, Job 38:3 ↩

  14. Job 42:4 ↩

  15. Ps 51:4; Rom 3:4 ↩

  16. Isa 14:27, Isa 28:18; Gal 3:15, Gal 3:17; Heb 7:18 ↩

  17. Job 10:3, Job 27:2-6, Job 32:2, Job 34:5-6, Job 35:2-3 ↩

  18. Job 9:4, Job 23:6, Job 33:12-13; Exod 15:6; Ps 89:10, Ps 89:13; Isa 45:9; 1Cor 10:22 ↩

  19. Job 37:4-5; Ps 39:3-9 ↩

  20. Job 39:19; Ps 93:1, Ps 104:1-2; Isa 59:17 ↩

  21. 1Chr 29:11; Ps 21:5, Ps 45:3-4; Matt 6:13; 2Pet 1:16-17; Jude 1:24-25 ↩

  22. Exod 28:2; Ps 50:2, Ps 90:16-17, Ps 149:4; Isa 4:2 *marg. 1Cor 15:54 ↩

  23. Job 20:23, Job 27:22; Deut 32:22; Ps 78:49-50, Ps 144:6; Rom 2:8-9 ↩

  24. Exod 9:16-17, Exod 15:6, Exod 18:11; Isa 2:11-12, Isa 2:17, Isa 10:12-19; Ezek 28:2; Dan 4:37, Dan 5:20-23; Obad 1:3-4; Mal 4:1; Luke 18:14; Acts 12:22-23; Jas 4:6; 1Pet 5:5-6 ↩

  25. Ps 60:12; Prov 15:25; Isa 10:6; Zech 10:5; Mal 4:3; Rom 16:20 ↩

  26. Job 36:20; Eccl 11:3; Acts 1:25 ↩

  27. Job 14:13; Ps 49:14; Isa 2:10 ↩

  28. Job 36:13; Esth 7:8; John 11:44 ↩

  29. Ps 44:3, Ps 44:6; Isa 40:29; Rom 5:6; Eph 2:4-9 ↩

  30. αδξεϊ ( ‎בְּהֵמוֹת‎ ), Perhaps an extinct dinosaur, maybe a Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus, the exact meaning is unknown. Some translate as elephant or hippopotamus but from the description in Job 40:15-24, this is patently absurd. ↩

  31. Gen 1:24-26 ↩

  32. Job 40:20, Job 39:8; Ps 104:14 ↩

  33. or, setteth up ↩

  34. Job 41:23 ↩

  35. Job 7:12; Isa 48:4 ↩

  36. Job 26:13; Ps 104:24 ↩

  37. Ps 7:12; Isa 27:1 ↩

  38. Job 40:15; Ps 147:8-9 ↩

  39. Ps 104:14, Ps 104:26 ↩

  40. Isa 19:6-7, Isa 35:7 ↩

  41. Lev 23:40; Isa 15:7; Ezek 17:5 ↩

  42. Heb. oppresseth, Isa 37:25 ↩

  43. Ps 55:8; Isa 28:16 ↩

  44. Gen 13:10; Josh 3:15 ↩

  45. Or, Will any take him in his sight, or bore his nose with a gin, Job 41:1-2 ↩