{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/job/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:25:43.517Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the Lord went on, and said to Job : "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then Job answered the Lord, and said : "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said : and another, to which I will add no more. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said : "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 40 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 40](https://primebible.com/drb/job/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/40 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}