{"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/web/job/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:55.391Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover Yahweh answered Job,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then Job answered Yahweh,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"|Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"|See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 40 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 40](https://primebible.com/web/job/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/40 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}