Job 40

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¹And the LORD said to Job: ✦ ²“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.” ✦ ³Then Job answered the LORD: ⁴“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. ✦ ⁵I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.” ✦ ⁶Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: ✦ ⁷“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. ✦ ⁸Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? ✦ ⁹Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His? ✦ ¹⁰Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. ✦ ¹¹Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. ✦ ¹²Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. ✦ ¹³Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave. ✦ ¹⁴Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you. ✦ ¹⁵Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox. ✦ ¹⁶See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly. ¹⁷His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. ✦ ¹⁸His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron. ✦ ¹⁹He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. ✦ ²⁰The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby. ✦ ²¹He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh. ✦ ²²The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him. ✦ ²³Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth. ✦ ²⁴Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare? ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Job 9 ·7 Ps 104 ·5 Job 38 ·3 Job 40 ·3 Job 3 ·3 Job 23 ·3 Job 27 ·3 Job 7 ·3

Christ at the center

Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.

How Job 40 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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