{"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/ylt/job/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:30.591Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Lo, I pray thee, his power is in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"His bones are tubes of brass, His bones are as a bar of iron."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 40 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 40](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/40 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}