Job 40:2-12

2 accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos interrogabo te et indica mihi

3 numquid irritum facies iudicium meum et condemnabis me ut tu iustificeris

4 et si habes brachium sicut Deus et si voce simili tonas

5 circumda tibi decorem et in sublime erigere et esto gloriosus et speciosis induere vestibus

6 disperge superbos furore tuo et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia

7 respice cunctos superbos et confunde eos et contere impios in loco suo

8 absconde eos in pulvere simul et facies eorum demerge in foveam

9 et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua

10 ecce Behemoth quem feci tecum faenum quasi bos comedet

11 fortitudo eius in lumbis eius et virtus illius in umbilicis ventris eius

12 constringit caudam suam quasi cedrum nervi testiculorum eius perplexi sunt

Job 40:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 40

In this chapter Job is called upon to give in his answer, Job 40:1,2, which he does in the most humble manner, acknowledging his vileness and folly, Job 40:3-5; and then the Lord proceeds to give him further conviction of his superior justice and power, Job 40:6-9; and one thing he proposes to him, to humble the proud, if he could, and then he would own his own right hand could save him, Job 40:10-15; and observes to him another instance of his power in a creature called behemoth, which he had made, and gives a description of, Job 40:15-24.