Job 40-41

New International Version

² “Will the one who contends with the Almighty^(B) correct him?^(C)
    Let him who accuses God answer him!”^(D)

⁴ “I am unworthy^(E)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.^(F)
5 I spoke once, but I have no answer^(G)—
    twice, but I will say no more.”^(H)

⁷ “Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(J)

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?^(K)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?^(L)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s,^(M)
    and can your voice^(N) thunder like his?^(O)
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
    and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.^(P)
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,^(Q)
    look at all who are proud and bring them low,^(R)
12 look at all who are proud^(S) and humble them,^(T)
    crush^(U) the wicked where they stand.
¹³ Bury them all in the dust together;^(V)
    shroud their faces in the grave.^(W)
14 Then I myself will admit to you
    that your own right hand can save you.^(X)

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made^(Y) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.^(Z)
16 What strength^(AA) it has in its loins,
    what power in the muscles of its belly!^(AB)
17 Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.^(AC)
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs^(AD) like rods of iron.^(AE)
19 It ranks first among the works of God,^(AF)
    yet its Maker^(AG) can approach it with his sword.^(AH)
20 The hills bring it their produce,^(AI)
    and all the wild animals play^(AJ) nearby.^(AK)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds^(AL) in the marsh.^(AM)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream^(AN) surround it.
²³ A raging river^(AO) does not alarm it;
    it is secure, though the Jordan^(AP) should surge against its mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
    or trap it and pierce its nose?^(AQ)

41 ^[a]“Can you pull in Leviathan^(AR) with a fishhook^(AS)
    or tie down its tongue with a rope?
² Can you put a cord through its nose^(AT)
    or pierce its jaw with a hook?^(AU)
3 Will it keep begging you for mercy?^(AV)
    Will it speak to you with gentle words?
⁴ Will it make an agreement with you
    for you to take it as your slave for life?^(AW)
5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird
    or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
⁶ Will traders barter for it?
    Will they divide it up among the merchants?
⁷ Can you fill its hide with harpoons
    or its head with fishing spears?^(AX)
8 If you lay a hand on it,
    you will remember the struggle and never do it again!^(AY)
9 Any hope of subduing it is false;
    the mere sight of it is overpowering.^(AZ)
10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it.^(BA)
    Who then is able to stand against me?^(BB)
11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?^(BC)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.^(BD)

¹² “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,^(BE)
    its strength^(BF) and its graceful form.
¹³ Who can strip off its outer coat?
    Who can penetrate its double coat of armor^[b]?^(BG)
14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth,^(BH)
    ringed about with fearsome teeth?
¹⁵ Its back has^[c] rows of shields
    tightly sealed together;^(BI)
16 each is so close to the next
    that no air can pass between.
¹⁷ They are joined fast to one another;
    they cling together and cannot be parted.
¹⁸ Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
    its eyes are like the rays of dawn.^(BJ)
19 Flames^(BK) stream from its mouth;
    sparks of fire shoot out.
²⁰ Smoke pours from its nostrils^(BL)
    as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
²¹ Its breath^(BM) sets coals ablaze,
    and flames dart from its mouth.^(BN)
22 Strength^(BO) resides in its neck;
    dismay goes before it.
²³ The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
    they are firm and immovable.
²⁴ Its chest is hard as rock,
    hard as a lower millstone.^(BP)
25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;^(BQ)
    they retreat before its thrashing.^(BR)
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect,
    nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.^(BS)
27 Iron it treats like straw^(BT)
    and bronze like rotten wood.
²⁸ Arrows do not make it flee;^(BU)
    slingstones are like chaff to it.
²⁹ A club seems to it but a piece of straw;^(BV)
    it laughs^(BW) at the rattling of the lance.
³⁰ Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
    leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.^(BX)
31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron^(BY)
    and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.^(BZ)
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
    one would think the deep had white hair.
³³ Nothing on earth is its equal^(CA)—
    a creature without fear.
³⁴ It looks down on all that are haughty;^(CB)
    it is king over all that are proud.^(CC)”