{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Job<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 40<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,1,&quot;Job&quot;)\">M<\/span>oreover the LORD answered Job, and said,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,2,&quot;Job&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,3,&quot;Job&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then Job answered the LORD, and said,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,4,&quot;Job&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,5,&quot;Job&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,6,&quot;Job&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,7,&quot;Job&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,8,&quot;Job&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,9,&quot;Job&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,10,&quot;Job&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,11,&quot;Job&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,12,&quot;Job&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,13,&quot;Job&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,14,&quot;Job&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,15,&quot;Job&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,16,&quot;Job&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,17,&quot;Job&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,18,&quot;Job&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,19,&quot;Job&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,20,&quot;Job&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,21,&quot;Job&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,22,&quot;Job&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,23,&quot;Job&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,40,24,&quot;Job&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/39\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/41\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Job, Chapter 40 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Job","toolbar_title":"The Book of Job — Ch. 40","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/39","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/41","tid":1,"book_id":18,"chapter":40,"num_chapters":42,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Job","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/18\/40","meta_desc":"Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? 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