JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 40Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 40ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said: 2Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. 3Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified? 4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 5Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments. 6Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. 7Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place, 8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit. 9Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee. 10Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox. 11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly. 12He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. 13His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron. 14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword. 15To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play. 16He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. 17The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about. 18Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. 19In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes. 20Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? 21Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle? 22Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? 23Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever? 24Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids? 25Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? 26Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head? 27Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more. 28Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. ‹Previous chapterJob 39Next chapterJob 41›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 40 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain