"Behold Behemoth, whom I made with thee, which eateth hay as an ox:

Moreover, God spake unto Job, and said,

"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?

"Can he that striveth with the Almighty be at rest? Should not he which disputeth with God, give him an answer?"

Then spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said,

pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,

Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?

He spreadeth out his tail like a Cedar tree, all his sinews are stiff.

Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array,

First when God made him, he ordained the wilderness for him,

look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet,

Job answered the LORD, saying,

His shins are like pipes of brass, his ridge bones are like staves of iron.

Gird up thy loins like a man, and tell me the things that I will ask thee.

He lieth among the reeds in the mosses,

Then will I confess also, that thy own righthand hath saved thee.

lo, how strong he is in his loins, and what power he hath in the navel of his body.

Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more."

that the mountains should give him grass, where all the beasts of the field take their pastime.

cast them down into the mire, and cover their faces with darkness;

Behold, he drinketh up whole rivers and feareth not: he thinketh that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

the fens hide him with their shadow, and the willows of the brook cover him round about.

Who dare lay a hand on him openly, and undertake to catch him? Or, who dare put a hook through his nose, and lay a snare for him?