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How can I answer you?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I place my hand over my mouth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I have spoken once, and I will not reply;</p><p class="poem">twice, but now I can add nothing.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> answered Job from the whirlwind:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Get ready to answer me like a man;</p><p class="poem">When I question<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you, you will inform me.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Would you really challenge my justice?</p><p class="poem">Would you declare me guilty<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to justify yourself?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do you have an arm like God’s?</p><p class="poem">Can you thunder with a voice like his?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Adorn yourself with majesty<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and splendor,</p><p class="poem">and clothe yourself with honor and glory.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Pour out your raging anger;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">look on every proud person and humiliate him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Look on every proud person and humble him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">trample the wicked where they stand.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.40.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hide them together in the dust;</p><p class="poem">imprison them in the grave.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.40.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I will confess to you</p><p class="poem">that your own right hand<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> can deliver you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Look at Behemoth,</p><p class="poem">which I made along with you.</p><p class="poem">He eats grass like cattle.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Look at the strength of his back<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.40.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the power in the muscles of his belly.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;</p><p class="poem">the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His bones are bronze tubes;</p><p class="poem">his limbs are like iron rods.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He is the foremost of God’s works;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.40.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">only his Maker can draw the sword against him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The hills yield food for him,</p><p class="poem">while all sorts of wild animals play there.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He lies under the lotus plants,</p><p class="poem">hiding in the protection<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.40.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of marshy reeds.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Lotus plants cover him with their shade;</p><p class="poem">the willows by the brook surround him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;</p><p class="poem">he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.40.24" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Can anyone capture him while he looks on,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.40.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">or pierce his nose with snares?</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.40" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.40.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.2">40:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">God respond to it</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.40.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.12">40:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">wicked in their place</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.40.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.13">40:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">together; bind their faces in the hidden place</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.40.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.16">40:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">waist</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.40.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.21">40:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">plants, in the hiding place</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.40.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.24">40:24</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">capture it in its eyes</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.40" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.40.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.4">40:4</a></span> Ezr 9:6; Jb 29:9; 42:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.5">40:5</a></span> Jb 9:3,15; 33:14; Ps 62:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.6">40:6</a></span> Jb 38:1; Jr 30:23; Ezk 13:11,13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.7">40:7</a></span> 2Sm 11:7; Jb 38:3; 42:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.8">40:8</a></span> Jb 9:20,28; Ps 37:33; Is 50:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.8">40:8</a></span> Jb 32:2; Ps 51:4; Rm 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.10">40:10</a></span> Ps 93:1; 96:6; 104:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.11">40:11</a></span> Jb 14:13; 19:11; 21:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.11">40:11</a></span> Is 2:11; Ezk 21:26; Dn 4:37</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.12">40:12</a></span> Ps 18:27; Is 13:11; 63:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.14">40:14</a></span> Ps 17:7; 20:6; 108:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.14">40:14</a></span> Ps 3:8; 49:7; 62:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.40.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.40.19">40:19</a></span> Jb 26:14; Pr 8:22</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.40" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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