Job 40:7-17

7 "I have some more questions for you, and I want straight answers.

8 "Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint?

9 Do you have an arm like my arm? Can you shout in thunder the way I can?

10 Go ahead, show your stuff. Let's see what you're made of, what you can do.

11 Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat.

12 Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks - make mincemeat of them!

13 Dig a mass grave and dump them in it - faceless corpses in an unmarked grave.

14 I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you - you can surely save yourself with no help from me!

15 "Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow -

16 Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly.

17 His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees.

Job 40:7-17 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.